Stage 2

Load-shedding will kick in from 9pm on Tuesday night, embattled power utility Eskom announced. The stage 2 rotational power failures will last until 5am on Wednesday, Eskom said in a statement. This was due to a “shortage of generating…

Load-shedding is back from 10pm on Tuesday. Eskom has announced that it would implement stage 2 rolling blackouts overnight until 5am on Wednesday. The power utility said the cuts were necessary to replenish its emergency reserves. “This…

Eskom said on Monday that it would continue implementing stage 1 load-shedding until Tuesday morning, but would then increase it to stage 2 from 9am. “Load-shedding is likely to continue for the rest of the week. There have been further…