By Zuko Komisa
On Tuesday, Eskom declared Stage 2 rolling blackouts from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Stage 2 will continue every day from Wednesday through Saturday from 5 am to 10 night.
According to Eskom, the generation at the power plants in Arnot, Duvha, Kendal, Medupi, and Tutuka malfunctioned.
“The load shedding has been caused by a shortage of generation capacity owing to breakdowns and delays in returning some generating units to service,” Eskom said.
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— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) September 6, 2022
Loadshedding will be implemented at 16:00 until 22:00 tonight; thereafter loadshedding will be
implemented daily at 05:00 – 22:00 until Saturday pic.twitter.com/YmgcoI3roP
Unit 2 of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station tripped from full power on Saturday morning, September 3, 2022, while being subjected to routine testing of the control rod system. The power utility stated that steps are being taken to put the unit back in service.
4,588 MW of Eskom’s capacity are currently undergoing planned maintenance, and 16,142 MW are currently unavailable due to outages.



