ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday he is confident that the rolling blackouts experienced by Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd will be resolved by this weekend.
Addressing journalists during his party’s campaign trail in Thokoza township, east of Johannesburg, Ramaphosa expressed sympathy to millions of South Africans who were faced with load shedding, particularly businesses that have been hardest hit by the power cuts since the past few days.
Eskom said it implemented Stage 4 load-shedding after it lost a large part of its generating capacity.
The power utility has since announced that the country will be moving to stage three from 9pm tonight, reduced to stage two from 5am Saturday.
The power cuts come at a time when matric pupils are writing their 2021 final exams.
Load shedding also comes at a time when the country is preparing to go to the polls on November 1 for the local
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