By: Natasha Archary

Eskom has ramped up loadshedding between Stages 5 and 6 for the rest of the week, owing to the loss of a further 4 generating units.
On Tuesday, 12 September, the power utility says the higher stages of loadshedding is needed to replenish the emergency generation reserves and increase planned maintenance.
As a result Stage 5 loadshedding will be implemented until 16h00 on Tuesday, thereafter Stage 6 will kick in until 05h00 on Wednesday morning.
This will be the pattern for the rest of the week, or until there are any significant changes to the grid.
“Breakdowns are currently at 16 784MW of generating capacity while the capacity out of service for planned maintenance is 4 987MW.
Over a period of 24 hours, a generation unit each at Camden, Duvha and Kendal was returned to service.
In the same period, a generating unit each at Duvha, Grootvlei, Kendal and Matla power stations was taken offline for repairs.
The delay in returning to service a generating unit each at Hendrina, Kendal, Matimba and Matla Tutuka power stations is also contributing to the current capacity constraints.”
Eskom says its teams are working tirelessly to return these generating units back to service, and are appealing to the members of the public to reduce demand in the evening peak.
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— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) September 12, 2023
Stage 5 and 6 loadshedding will be implemented for the remainder of the week pic.twitter.com/hTHajJiyMN
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