Stage three power cuts would continue across the country until 10pm on Saturday, Eskom said.<\/p>\n
“We have introduced stage three load shedding. It started at 8am this morning and will go on until 10pm this evening,” spokesman Khulu Phasiwe said.<\/p>\n
This was due to depleted water and diesel reserves, and technical problems at its power stations. Two generators also required urgent maintenance.<\/p>\n
He said Eskom needed to build up the power supply, and was confident the generators would be running by Saturday evening.<\/p>\n
The power utility said it would revert to stage two power cuts around the country on Sunday from 8am until 10pm.<\/p>\n
Stage one allowed for up to 1000MW of the national load to be shed, stage two for up to 2000MW and stage three for up to 4000MW.<\/p>\n
Phasiwe urged Eskom customers to visit its website to check the schedules for the different areas.<\/p>\n
The load shedding schedule for your area can be found via the following websites:<\/p>\n
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