After a brief suspension this morning, South Africa will continue to face dark times as stage 4 loadshedding resumes from 5pm this afternoon.
Eskom will also be ramping up on blackouts from Monday evening.
Stage 5 will be implemented from Monday evening to Wednesday evening between 4pm and midnight each night.
This is in addition to rolling power cuts fluctuating between stage 2 and 4 during the day.
Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha says these erratic changes in loadshedding stages are “due to the absence of the buffer normally provided by the diesel generation capacity between generating unit breakdowns”.
“The increased implementation of loadshedding is mainly due to the high levels of breakdowns and the depleted emergency generation reserves,” adds Mantshantsha
#POWERALERT1#Stage4 loadshedding will be implemented at 17:00 this afternoon until 16:00 on Monday. Various stages of loadshedding will be implemented during the week pic.twitter.com/UlfcFPBYlx
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) November 20, 2022
Since this morning, a unit each at Grootvlei, Arnot, and Majuba power stations were taken offline for repairs.
Three units at Kusile power station are also offline due to failing duct (chimney structures) systems and will remain offline for a few months while repairs take place.
The City of Cape Town has just announced that its customers will face stage 4 loadshedding at 5pm until midnight.
Customers will be spared from stage 5 but will face fluctuating stages between stages 4, 2, and 1 for Monday and Tuesday.
⚡️Load-shedding update – 20 November 2022
City customers
20 November
Stage 4: 17:00 – 00:0021 November
Stage 4: 00:00 – 06:00
Stage 2: 06:00 – 16:00
Stage 4: 16:00 – 00:0022 November
Stage 4: 00:00 – 05:00
Stage 1: 05:00 – 16:00
Stage 4: 16:00 – 00:00#CTInfo pic.twitter.com/lENZ5u53Hx— City of Cape Town (@CityofCT) November 20, 2022
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