Eskom has announced that stage 2 load shedding will continue until Friday (7 February), with a high probability of power cuts extending into the weekend.<\/p>\n
“Eskom regrets that owing to a shortage of capacity and a higher demand of about 2,000MW for electricity, stage 2 rotational load-shedding will continue tomorrow until Friday,” it tweeted on Wednesday evening (5 February).<\/p>\n
“There is also a high probability of load-shedding during the weekend.”<\/p>\n
Eskom also warned that the power cuts are set to continue for the next 18 months as it changes its maintenance plans.<\/p>\n
“We don\u2019t take the decision to implement load-shedding lightly, but the reality is that our generating infrastructure is constrained and unreliable,” said Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter.<\/p>\n
“It is regrettable for us to have to implement load-shedding, but it is unavoidable given the state of the generation infrastructure, as well as unusually high demand.”<\/p>\n
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\nDate: 5 February 2020<\/p>\nStage 2 rotational loadshedding will continue until Friday, with a high probability of loadshedding over the weekend @SABCNewsOnline<\/a> @IOL<\/a> @eNCA<\/a> @ewnupdates<\/a> @Newzroom405<\/a> @TheSAnews<\/a> @TimesLIVE<\/a> @SowetanLIVE<\/a> @News24<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/pHvsebMMzf<\/a><\/p>\n
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