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Stage 4 load shedding to continue until midnight

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Eskom has announced that Stage 4 load shedding will continue until midnight, thereafter Stage 2 will be implemented until 5am on Wednesday.

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ESKOM has announced that Stage 4 load shedding will continue to be implemented until midnight, thereafter Stage 2 will be implemented until 5am on Wednesday.

The power utility announced on Tuesday morning that it had implemented Stage 4 load shedding.

Eskom said that Stage 3 load shedding would resume at 4pm until midnight on Wednesday and be repeated on Thursday.

“Stage 2 will then be implemented from 4pm until midnight on Friday. Eskom will publish a further update on Friday afternoon, or as soon as any further significant changes occur,“ the Eskom statement read.

Eskom further communicated that since Monday morning a unit each at Duvha and Medupi as well as three units at Kendal power stations had returned to service.

“A generation unit each at Arnot, Camden, Tutuka and Kusile power stations remain out of service following breakdowns in the past 24 hours.

“We currently have 5,106MW on planned maintenance, while another 15,576MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns.”

Eskom said that it will published a further update on Friday afternoon, or if any significant changes occur.

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