South Africa
'Low chance' of stage 8 becoming reality - Eskom─── 12:24 Sat, 02 Jul 2022
Eskom says the possibilities of the country being pushed into stage 8 load-shedding are extremely low.
"But it depends on what happens on the systems so we cannot exclude any up in load-shedding levels as such. We are not preempting beyond stage 6 at this point in time. It depends on what happens as we move along," the power utility's Isabel Fick says.
An unprotected wage strike by workers has put a severe strain on operations at Eskom's power plants.
The walkout prompted the power utility to this week implement stage 6 load-shedding.
Stage two load-shedding will now continue throughout the weekend.
In a press briefing yesterday, Eskom's Fick said there have also been no adverse effects on the transmission grid.
Eskom spokesperson, Sikonathi Mantshansha, says eThekwini Municipality still remains exempt from the load-shedding.
"That is because of the continuous problems, they are still trying to restore their network, and load-shedding at this point might cause additional problems for the customers."
