{"id":85678,"date":"2015-04-21T13:55:14","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T11:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=85678"},"modified":"2015-04-22T16:10:43","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T14:10:43","slug":"eskom-stage-1-load-shedding-hits-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/85678\/eskom-stage-1-load-shedding-hits-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Eskom stage 1 load shedding hits Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eskom has announced that it will implement stage 1 load shedding on\u00a0Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The group noted it would take place between 17h00 and 22h00.<\/p>\n

This would be the 9th consecutive day in which Eskom has had to implement rolling blackouts, as its systems remain severely constrained and under pressure.<\/p>\n

According to Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown,\u00a0South Africans should expect load shedding to be a way of life for at least the next two years.<\/p>\n

Dawie Roodt, chief economist at Efficient Group has noted previously that load shedding has knocked the South African economy for over R300 billion, potentially costing the country over a million jobs.<\/p>\n

Brown has conceded that\u00a0power cuts implemented by Eskom cost South Africa\u2019s economy between R20 billion and R80.1 billion a month.<\/p>\n

Eskom has been forced into rolling blackouts in 2015 following the collapse of one of its coal storage silos, diesel shortages, and maintenance issues.<\/p>\n

Leadership issues also continue to plague the power utility following the sacking of chairman,Zola Tsotsi<\/span>, and the suspension of Eskom\u2019s CEO, Tshediso Matona, and three other senior executives including the financial director.<\/p>\n

Load shedding schedules are available on its load shedding website\u00a0for Eskom customers<\/a>. Customers can also call 0860 037 566 for information.<\/p>\n

This is the outlook for the rest of the week:<\/p>\n