By Wanique Block On Monday afternoon, South African Power utility, ESKOM has announced that load shedding outages will be escalated to Stage 4. This is reportedly due to Unit 2 of the Kusile Power station that has tripped earlier on Monday, taking 720MW of generating capacity with it. Stage 4 load shedding will be implemented from 17:00pm to 22:00pm. “While this unit has since returned to service, it will slowly […]
By: Natasha Archary South Africans have had to accept their fate, dealing with the worst year of loadshedding yet, as Eskom announced Stage 3 will commence this week. This after implementing loadshedding off and on since February 2022, with May being the worst hit month. Loadshedding was scheduled from 03 May, with Eskom moving in between stages like it's musical chairs this weekend. Last week, the power utility pushed the […]
By: Natasha Archary Phillip Dukashe, Head of Generation at Eskom has resigned from the power utility amid the current loadshedding crisis. Eskom made the announcement on Monday, 9 Monday, confirming Dukashe's last day will be on 31 May. Dukashe cited a critical need to achieve a balance for the benefit of his health, family and work responsibilities as the reason for his resignation. After 26-years at Eskom, Dukashe filled the […]
Kaya 959 Reporter Eskom warned on Monday that the electricity grid would be severely limited on Monday evening, with the prospect of load shedding at short notice if any units failed. On Saturday, load shedding was lifted, and the electricity grid had recovered sufficiently to satisfy demand during the day. Eskom expects to return to service a generation unit each at Kusile and Kendal power stations before Monday evening. "Eskom […]
Kaya 959 Reporter South Africans are on high alert after Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan hinted at the possibility of extreme blackouts on Wednesday. Gordhan told parliament that there would be no need for a State of Emergency because Eskom could fall back on Stage 8. He had sought to deflect calls from the DA that the utility be placed in a "state of calamity," allowing provinces and municipalities to seek […]
Kaya 959 Reporter Eskom has said that due to a shortage of generation capacity they will be implementing Stage 2 loadshedding from 17:00 this afternoon (3 May) until 05:00 on Monday. In a statement released on Tuesday, Eskom said, “Since yesterday a generation unit each at Lethal, Tutuka, Ingulam Drankesberg, Arnot as well as two units at Hendrina and Matla power stations suffered breakdowns.” “We currently have 3 875MW on […]
Kaya 959 Reporter Eskom has asked South Africans to cut back on their energy consumption because the electricity system is severely stretched as a result of the delay in getting units back into service and the loss of several generation units on Monday. The power utility warned that any future losses of generation capacity would result in load shedding on very short notice. Following several outages over the weekend, as […]
By: Natasha Archary After suspending loadshedding at 05h00 on Tuesday morning, Eskom has confirmed that loadshedding will resume from 17h00 on Tuesday, 12 April. This is due to continued shortage of generation capacity which the power utility says will last until 05h00 on Wednesday, 13 April. Earlier this week, the power utility warned that loadshedding could be implemented at short notice. Loadshedding was implemented on Monday following the breakdown of […]
Kaya 959 Reporter In six provinces, Eskom has announced that it will be implementing load reduction. The power outages in Gauteng, the North West, and the Free State will last until 10 p.m. In KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape, power outages are predicted to extend until 9 p.m., and in the Northern Cape, until 9 p.m. According to the utility, it is attempting to avoid network overloading in high-density areas. […]
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