South Africans must ready themselves for the possibility of power cuts at short notice during peak evening hours over the next three days.

Eskom says a delay in returning three units to service – at Arnot, Kusile and Koeberg – and the failure of a further five units, have put extra pressure on the grid. Medupi, Hendrina and Camden each experienced a unit failure, while two units at Majuba are out of service.

The power utility says that 2 986MW is out on maintenance while 15 513MW is unavailable due to breakdowns.
If any more breakdowns or delays occur, stage 2 load-shedding will be implemented at short notice between 16:00 and midnight.

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Due to the shortage of generation capacity, Stage 2 loadshedding might be implemented at short
notice between 16:00 and 24:00 over the next three days pic.twitter.com/MF8L5BJaIy

— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) August 2, 2022