As Eskom’s generating capacity weakened at the weekend‚ leading to worsened load-shedding‚ electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa trended on social media for the wrong reasons. The minister ruffled feathers after being captured on…
The department of basic education has assured matric pupils that rewrites will be available to those whose exams are affected by load-shedding. Matric pupils are expected to sit their final examinations from next week. Exams may be…
Eskom has implemented stage 2 load-shedding and says this is due to ongoing insufficient generation capacity and loss of units. “Regretfully, due to the ongoing insufficient generation capacity and the loss of a unit each at Medupi, Duvha…
Eskom has escalated load-shedding to stage 4 from 2pm today due to “high demand or urgent maintenance being performed at certain power stations”. Spokesperson Sikhonathi Mantshantsha earlier said the problem was a power fault into the…
Eskom says it may need to implement load-shedding at short notice on Thursday‚ due to high usage of electricity during the cold snap coupled with the loss of some generation capacity. “The system is severely constrained‚ and it is…
Big business has agreed to cut its electricity usage to allow Eskom to keep the power on for parliamentarians on Friday afternoon. Eskom said it had received a request from Lechesa Tsenoli‚ the deputy speaker of parliament‚ to suspend the…
Power utility Eskom says it might be forced to implement load-shedding at short notice due to a shortage of generation capacity and appeals to the public to reduce usage. “A shortage of generation capacity, caused by breakdowns in…
Load-shedding will kick in from 9pm on Tuesday night, embattled power utility Eskom announced. The stage 2 rotational power failures will last until 5am on Wednesday, Eskom said in a statement. This was due to a “shortage of generating…
Load-shedding will end at 11pm on Monday, power utility Eskom said. However, it warned that the electricity network was “vulnerable and unpredictable”. “Eskom is pleased to inform the public that load-shedding will be suspended from 11pm…
Power utility Eskom says it will implement Stage 2 load-shedding from 12 noon today through to Sunday night. This is due to loss of generation capacity overnight, Eskom says in a statement. “Load-shedding is also required to manage the…
The first round of load-shedding for 2021 will kick in at 10pm on Wednesday. Eskom announced it would implement stage 2 load-shedding from 10pm on Wednesday until 5am on Thursday morning. The same would be repeated on Thursday. “The…
Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter says the current round of rolling blackouts will ease this week – but the power utility has conceded that load-shedding will not go away. “Load-shedding is a phenomenon that has unfortunately been part of SA for…
SA’s electricity generation system is severely constrained after two generation units tripped, Eskom has reported. In a statement, Eskom asked the public to use electricity sparingly after the units tripped on Tuesday evening. “We lost a…
Eskom says there is a reduced risk of load-shedding during winter, partly because the lockdown has allowed for critical maintenance to be done. This forecast emerged during a “state of the system address” by Eskom on Thursday. “Before we…
