Cape Town – Power utility Eskom has announced the implementation of Stage 5 load shedding from Thursday afternoon until Friday.
In a statement, Eskom said Stage 4 load shedding would then be implemented from 5am today until 5am on Friday, thereafter it would be reduced to Stage 3 load shedding until 4pm.
It also said that Stage 4 load shedding would again be implemented from 4pm Friday until Sunday.
Eskom further announced that in the past 24 hours, a generating unit each at Camden, Lethabo and Tutuka power stations were returned to service.
“Breakdowns at a unit each at Duvha, Lethabo, and Majuba power stations caused units to be taken offline for repairs.
“The delay in returning a unit each to service at Kendal and Duvha power stations are contributing to the current capacity constraints,” Eskom said in a statement.
The power generator also said that the breakdowns currently amounted to 17 149MW of generating capacity while 4 950MW of generating capacity was out of service for planned maintenance.
Eskom also said a further update would be published as soon as any significant changes occurred.
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