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According to the battling power utility, there are 26,000 megawatts available, but they foresee the winter demand reaching a higher 34,000 megawatts.

Eskom may have to implement stage-8 load shedding this winter if its interventions are not effective.

In the utility’s worst-case scenario, the country could experience stage eight load-shedding during the icy winter months

International, MNA | South Africa's struggling state-owned power firm Eskom on Thursday forecast a "very tight winter" starting in weeks, with demand set to rise in the continent's most industrialised but energy-starved country.

While Eskom says plans are in place to prevent a national blackout, South Africans should brace for prolonged and possibly higher stages of load-shedding.

Eskom has indicated that Stage 8 loadshedding – representing 16 hours of cuts in a 32-hour cycle – is possible this winter if coal plant breakdowns breach 18 000 MW and demand rises in sync with what is forecast to be a colder winter than was the case in 2022. However, interim CEO Calib Cassim continues to insist that the risk of a total blackout is low.

Eskom warned that it is going to be a difficult winter with a possibility of the country hitting stage 8 load shedding

South Africa's struggling state-owned power firm Eskom forecast a "very tight winter", warning it may ramp up crippling power outages.

It’s going to be an exceptionally “hard” winter for South Africans, Eskom said, with record stage-8 power cuts possible.

SA power system is severely constrained with a high risk of increased stages of load-shedding in winter - Eskom statement