Eskom has just announced that stage 4 and 5 loadshedding will be implemented for the rest of the week from 5am on Thursday morning, 26 January until Sunday afternoon.
The power utility explained that this escalation to stage 4 and 5 results from the breakdown of generating units at Camden, Kendal, Lethabo and Majuba Power Stations over the past 24 hours.
Additionally, the return to service of generating units, at the Matla and Tutuka power stations, have been delayed.
As things stand, 15,977MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns and a further 6,462MW is offline due to planned maintenance.
If any significant changes occur, a further update will be published.
Take a look:
Stages 4 and 5 loadshedding will be implemented from 05:00 on Thursday morning until Sunday
afternoon. pic.twitter.com/68dMRmTJ7D— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) January 25, 2023
The City of Cape Town has yet to announce if its customers are able to be protected from the escalation.
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