Big business came to the party, with large companies reducing their electricity footprint in Ladysmith yesterday afternoon. This  allowed the municipality to temporarily halt load-shedding.

Group 3, which was supposed to go down from 3pm to 6pm yesterday, was given a reprieve.  And so was Group 1.

However, there was no guarantee that Eskom would not make further demands on Ladysmith today.

And the power utility did just that.

Group 2 is currently down due to load-shedding, with Group 3 expected to go down from 9am to 12pm.