Eskom has escalated load shedding to Stage 6 overnight, due to inadequate generation capacity and the need to replenish emergency reserves.
Saturday, 10 February 2024: Since last Thursday, Eskom has faced setbacks due to multiple generating units being taken out of service (ten generating ...
Eskom has given an update on the status of the national grid โ and it's not looking good.
The power utility Eskom has announced that Stage 6 loadshedding will be implemented indefinitely. The announcement was made after midnight on the early ...
South Africa is facing the most severe nationwide power cuts in months after state-owned power utility Eskom Holdings announced that it would implement ...
This was said by President Cyril Ramaphosa during the Sona on Thursday, 8 February.
The increased power outages come even after Eskom returned two generating units to service, with the utility taking another two units offline, Eskom said in a ...
The power utility says a total of five generating units (50%) were taken out of service due to boiler tube leaks, resulting in insufficient generation capacity.
City Power had previously promised that its residence would be shielded from the worst of load shedding.