High risk of load-shedding this weekend, SA warned

Eskom has announced that it may be forced to implement load-shedding up to stage 4 this weekend.

The power utility on Friday reported a high risk of rolling power outages due to several breakdowns that require extended repair.

“This is a potentially temporary setback. Load-shedding is largely behind us due to the structural improvements in our generation fleet,” said Eskom.

“However, over the past seven days, we have experienced several breakdowns that require extended repair times.

“This has necessitated the use of all our emergency reserves, which now need to be replenished.

“Consequently, we are closely monitoring the status of our current emergency reserves,” said Eskom group chief executive Dan Marokane.

This follows more than ten months without load-shedding, which Eskom attributes to the success of the Generation Recovery Plan.

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