Katlego Sekhu
On Wednesday, July 12, Eskom announced the implementation of Stage 4 loadshedding from 07h00 am until 14h00 this afternoon, and thereafter Stage 6 loadshedding until 05h00 am on Thursday.
This pattern will be repeated daily until further notice. Eskom will publish an update as soon as any significant changes occur.
The announcement comes after Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa promised South Africans during a media briefing that two-thirds of every day would be without loadshedding.
According to Ramokgopa, this is why the power utility, was able to keep loadshedding times low.
“We hit a demand high on June 28 at 31 000 MW, but now we are beginning to plateau at 29 000 MW.
“Positive developments in various areas had all contributed to steady, stable, and general improvement, with the current outlook being no loadshedding for 16 hours per day and Stage 3 for 8 hours of the day.
“We are diagnosing the situation to determine where the failures of these units are and looking at the common problems. We found boiler tube leaks to be the main culprit, and we have the expertise to address this,” he said.



