Eskom will implement severe load shedding from 11am on Friday to conserve its emergency reserves as some of its workers, striking illegally, blockade its power stations.
severe load shedding – at stage 4 – from 11am on Friday to conserve its emergency reserves as some of its workers, striking illegally, blockade its power stations.
“Due to the ongoing unprotected labour action, Eskom is compelled to take precautionary actions to conserve emergency generation reserves. On Saturday and Sunday, stage-4 load shedding will be implemented from 5am until midnight,” it said.
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