Eskom Stage 2 load shedding on Monday
Eskom has announced that it will implement Stage 2 Load shedding on Monday (13 April), taking up to 2000MW off the grid for a third day out of the last four.
“Eskom regrets to announce that Stage 2 load shedding will be implemented from 16:00 to 22:00 today,” the group said.
“As the power system is constrained and vulnerable any unexpected changes could lead to a change in the load shedding stage at short notice.”
Eskom told Media24 that, while construction workers continued their stay-away at Medupi power station on Monday, the risk of load shedding throughout the week was highly likely.
Construction workers continued their stay-away in solidarity with about 1,700 workers who were fired or faced disciplinary action following a March 25 strike, the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) said.
Steve Nhlapo, head of collective bargaining at Numsa, on Monday told Fin24 that Medupi’s construction site was shut down.
Nhlapo said Numsa and Eskom’s Medupi leadership were about to meet to discuss the situation, and that there would be an update at 16h00.
Engineers told Eskom’s leadership on Monday that the system would be highly constrained for the entire week due to planned and unplanned maintenance, Eskom spokesperson Khulu Phasiwe told Fin24.
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