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Load shedding stages: Here's how it affects you Updated Newswatch Share this: South Africans are in for a rough ride until at least Sunday due to constant rolling blackouts.  Woman reading book with candles/ iStock Eskom says there'll be further load shedding until at least the start of next week, but due to unexpected breakdowns at the utility’s various power stations, it's unsure which stages will be implemented. The powersupplier initiated Stage 3 load shedding for Thursday, which will end at 10pm. At this stage, it says Stage 2 load shedding will kick in after that. The utility has e...

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Power crisis escalates as Eskom implements Stage 4 load shedding Updated Nushera Soodyal Share this: Eskom has ramped up load shedding, moving the rolling blackouts to Stage 4 from 2pm on Wednesday until 10pm.  AFP Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha says the increase is due to the an increase in breakdowns at it's Medupi and Duvha power stations. Mantshantsha says it's also due to the high demand due to the cold weather. "This is in order to ration the remaining emergency generation reserves, which have been depleted. These emergency reserves are required to respond to further emerg...

The move to stage 4 is due to additional breakdowns of a unit at Medupi and two units at Duvha power station, says Eskom.

Although load-shedding in the past few weeks has been on stage 1 and stage 2, Eskom announced on Wednesday that it will move to stage 4 load-shedding from 2pm to 10pm.