Eskom has announced that stage 2 load shedding will be extended until 05h00 on Thursday (14 October) to replenish emergency generation reserves.
The power cuts are also necessary to address other additional risks in the generation fleet, it said in a statement on Friday evening.
Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha confirmed that this stage 2 load shedding will be continuous until Thursday and would not only run between 21h00 – 05h00 as initially scheduled.
“During this time, Eskom will be working hard to return a number of generating units to service, and we urge the public to continue using electricity sparingly. Total breakdowns amount to 14,760MW, while planned maintenance is 5,277MW of capacity.
“While still recovering four sites at Tutka, which had experienced conveyor belt failures, the fleet suffered a cluster of boiler tube leaks within a short period of time,” Eskom said.
Eskom said that emergency reserves had been
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