Eskom says that the week ahead will be “tight with a medium risk of load shedding” and a high risk on Thursday and Friday, 11-12 December.<\/p>\n
“We’ll provide daily updates,” the power utility said via social media, after it informed the public on Monday morning that Stage 2 load shedding would continue until 10pm “due to machines not returning to service as expected”.<\/p>\n
It said that the prognosis for load shedding will be low to medium from 15 December 2014 until mid-January 15, “should no additional risks occur on the system”.<\/p>\n
“Eskom apologise to the nation for the inconvenience of the past few weeks due to load shedding.” said Eskom chief executive, Tshediso Matona at a media briefing on Monday.<\/p>\n
“Eskom has communicated for an extended period to South Africa that the power system is extremely constrained and vulnerable.<\/p>\n
“With the reserve margins being low, we do not have enough capacity to meet demand, necessitating a need for planned rotational load shedding,” the group said.<\/p>\n
The group said that the power system will be severely constrained for the next two years, “at least until two units from Medupi and 1 unit from Kusile are running”.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Load shedding schedule 2015 (Red indicates high risk of load shedding)<\/p><\/div>\n
The load-shedding schedule for your area can be found via the following websites:<\/p>\n
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