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Stage 6 load shedding has been confirmed from 16:00 to 22:00 on Tuesday evening.
Load shedding will then be reduced to Stage 2 until 05:00 on Wednesday morning. From 05:00 until 16:00 on Wednesday, load shedding will be implemented at Stage 4. Load shedding Stage 6 will then again be implemented at 16:00 to 22:00 on Wednesday evening.
This is due to the unlawful and unprotected labour action, which has caused widespread disruption to Eskom’s power plants, the power utility said in a statement.
[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]”This has compelled Eskom to continue taking precautionary measures to conserve generation capacity and safeguard plant from damage. There is a high risk that the stage of load shedding may have to change at any time, depending on the state of the plant.”[/perfectpullquote]
Eskom added that three of the 10 generation units that had tripped during Monday night have been returned to service.
