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LOAD SHEDDING

Residents and businesses count cost of stage 6 load-shedding

Nobody in Buffalo City has been spared the cost of load-shedding as local businesses and residents struggle to cope with life under stage 6. Paige Ramsamy works at Posh Wash Laundry in Beacon Bay with his parents Shantal and Faizel, who…

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Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter says there was a significant deterioration in supply overnight. File photo.Image: 123RF/rclassenlayouts
ESKOM

Stage 6 load-shedding: Six hours of blackouts a day on the cards — Eskom

If stage 6 load-shedding is implemented, South Africans can expect at least six hours of blackouts over a period of 24 hours. Eskom on Tuesday announced there is a great risk stage 6 load-shedding might be implemented by 5pm on Tuesday…

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In Gauteng, where load-shedding intervals last four hours, Eskom customers could be without electricity for an average of 10 hours a day.Image: REUTERS / SIPHIWE SIBEKO
CHRIS YELLAND

Brace for more stage 6 load-shedding as Eskom breakdowns rise

Stage 6 load-shedding, which has happened once, looks set to become a far more common occurrence as Eskom’s plant breakdowns remain at dangerously high levels. Stage 6 means 6,000MW are dropped from the grid to avoid the system becoming…

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