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South Africans can also breathe a sigh of relief as Eskom says electricity consumption will likely remain stable over the next few days

This as the utility says its planned maintenance operations are paying off.

Eskom’s head of transmission, Segomoco Scheppers, said the power utility expects between 37 and 101 days of load-shedding during the winter season. But this depends on how much generation capacity Eskom will lose during winter. 

Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter says they expect units to return to service on Thursday – and load shedding could be suspended before the weekend

This was revealed by the power utility during a media briefing on Tuesday.Eskom ramped up load-shedding to stage 4 on Tuesday after two more generating units tripped at its power stations.</...

If Eskom is unable to contain unplanned breakdowns through winter, South Africans could face over 100 days of load shedding.

Stage 4 load shedding continues, but Eskom expects more of its units to return to service as the week progresses.

Have you got candles ready for a possible escalation in load-shedding?

The power utility expects to lift load shedding this week and does not foresee it escalating to Stage 6.

There can be as many as 101 days of load-shedding this winter, in the "extreme case", according to an Eskom official. Eskom on Tuesday provided an update on the state of the power system, this after load-shedding escalated to Stage 4 in the morning due to failing generating units.