By: Natasha Archary After a weekend free from Eskom's rolling blackouts, the power utility hit South Africa with the notification that Stage 2 will continue all week. Despite units at Kendal, Kusile, Matla and Tutuka returning to service, the failing state-owned entity says its under generation capacity and has no choice but to continue the incessant loadshedding. In a statement issued on Sunday, 30 October, Eskom said Stage 2 will […]
By: Natasha Archary Loadshedding is here to stay, as Eskom announces Stage 3 will continue indefinitely. In what is the country's worst loadshedding spell in history, Eskom attributes its latest inability to keep the power on, to further breakdowns. "The delay in the return to service of a generating unit each at Duvha, Grootvlei, Kendal and two units at Tutuka power stations, as well as breakdowns of a unit each […]
By Zuko Komisa Power Utility Eskom has announced that it will be suspending load-shedding at 05:00 on Saturday morning. Eskom says that this is due to lower weekend demand and adequate emergency generation reserves. "Since yesterday afternoon a generation unit each at Camden, Grotvlei, Hendrina, Kenadal, Kriel, Majuba and Tutuka power stations have returned to service." "A generation unit at Duvha Power Station was taken offline for repairs," said Eskom […]
By: Natasha Archary Further breakdowns at Eskom's Kendal and Lethabo power stations has meant an escalation of loadshedding to Stage 4 until further notice. The embattled power utility announced on Tuesday afternoon that it has no other choice but to push loadshedding from Stage 3 to Stage 4. Eskom says a full statement will be issued on Wednesday afternoon but stated that Stage 4 will be in place until further […]
By: Natasha Archary South Africa has experienced 1 637 hours of loadshedding to date and there's no end in sight with Stage 3 set to continue until Thursday, 06 October. According to loadshedding app, Eskom Se Push, the country is currently experiencing the longest loadshedding streak ever at over 450 hours of rolling blackouts so far in 2022. Usually Eskom plunges the country into darkness during the colder winter months […]
By: Natasha Archary After a week of silence, President Cyril Ramaphosa says there's no quick fix to the country's power crisis. In a statement issued by Presidency on Monday, 26 September, Ramaphosa said the significant challenge that Eskom faces is the average age of power stations, and that in the past critical maintenance was not undertaken at the necessary intervals. With loadshedding crippling the South African economy and increasing frustration […]
By Zuko Komisa On Monday, Eskom at Megawatt Park provided an update on the system's difficulties, as the nation is currently dealing with another round of load shedding that is expected to endure at least until Friday. According to Eskom Group Chief Operating Officer Jan Oberholzer, During the summer, occasional load shedding is expected to be applied. Oberholzer claimed that Eskom had a "disastrous" week due to the 42 generating […]
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 […]
By: Natasha Archary South Africans have to prepare for yet another bout of rolling blackouts, as Eskom implements Stage 4 loadshedding over the next few days. Fluctuating between Stages 2 and 4 from Wednesday, 03 August, a shortage in generation capacity is continuing to plague the power utility. The latest power outages comes on the back of Eskom holding an Energy Crisis Committee last week to determine the way forward […]
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