Eskom has urged customers to use electricity sparingly, with the system being 'constrained unpredictable and vulnerable'.
Eskom has urged customers to use electricity sparingly, with the system being ‘constrained unpredictable and vulnerable’.
After power utility Eskom warned that the likelihood that it would have to implement load shedding at short notice on Sunday due to an increase in unplanned breakdowns, it later confirmed that rotational power cuts would start again on Monday at 9am, lasting until 11pm. “The system is currently constrained, unpredictable and vulnerable. We are replenishing the emergency reserves,” they initially said on Sunday. Later in the evening, they “regretfully” informed the country that stage 1 load shedding would start on Monday and possibly endure until Thursday.
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