South Africa
Rolling blackouts continue into the weekend─── 16:22 Fri, 05 Aug 2022
Eskom will implement Stage 2 power cuts from 4pm until midnight over the weekend.
The power utility says this is because of a shortage of generation capacity.
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— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) August 5, 2022
Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented at 16:00-24:00 on both Saturday and Sunday pic.twitter.com/rAPH107t3g
In a statement, the parastatal outlined a number of failed generation units at various power stations.
There are also numerous delays in returning generation units to service.
