Eskom says will implement stage 2 load shedding from 10:00 on Friday morning (17 April), and this is likely to continue until 22:00 this evening.<\/p>\n
The group said on its Twitter account: “As from 10:00 today, load shedding will move from stage 1 to stage 2”.<\/p>\n
The group said earlier in the day: “Eskom will implement stage 1 load shedding from 06:00 this morning until 22:00 tonight.”<\/p>\n
At a media briefing on Wednesday, Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown said South Africans should expect load shedding to be a way of life for at least the next two years. \u201cThere will be load shedding for the next two years,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is time for South Africans and the economy to adapt to the situation and find a way to save electricity and manage their productivity during the few hours of load shedding when it occurs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Load shedding started on Sunday and was kicked up a notch on both Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon when Eskom moved to stage 3 as it continues to battle meet demand amid a maintenance backlog.<\/p>\n
On Thursday it moved from stage 1 in the morning to stage 2 in the afternoon due to a further shortage of generation capacity as additional units have had to be taken out of service for unplanned maintenance caused by technical faults.<\/p>\n
The outlook for the weekend is bleak as demand continuously outstrips supply.<\/p>\n
Eskom weekend load shedding<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n What about the schools and hospitals, Eskom?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n