Back to stage 6: Eskom announces load-shedding increase
Rolling power cuts will be ramped up from tonight.
Increased load-shedding will kick in at 20:00 as Eskom aims to replenish its emergency reserves.
Stage 4 power cuts will continue until 20:00 and then be ramped up to stage 6, which will continue until 05:00 tomorrow.
“The pattern of implementing stage 4 from 05:00 until 20:00 and stage 6 from 20:00 until 05:00 will be repeated daily until Saturday morning. Unplanned outages increased by 401MW to 15 825MW, while planned maintenance increased by 555MW to 6 835MW of generation capacity in the past 24 hours,” says Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena.
Tuesday, 28 November 2023:
In order to replenish emergency reserves, Stage 4 loadshedding will continue to be implemented until 20:00 today. Thereafter, Stage 6 loadshedding will be implemented from 20:00 until 05:00 on Wednesday, followed by Stage 4…
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) November 28, 2023
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