Eskom said on Tuesday that due to some recovery in generation capacity over the past 48 hours, loadshedding will be reduced to Stage 3 from 05:00 on Wednesday until 16:00.
Thereafter, Stage 4 loadshedding will be implemented until 05:00 on Thursday. This pattern will continue as illustrated, until further notice. A further update will be published as soon as any significant changes occur.
Over the past 48 hours, the repairs to the damaged towers from Cahora Bassa in Mozambique were completed and restored to full capacity. We have successfully returned to service a generating unit each at Arnot, Grootvlei, Kriel, and Tutuka power stations.
During the same period a generating unit each at Lethabo, and two units at Kriel power stations were taken offline for repairs. The return to service of a generating unit each at Hendrina and Medupi power stations are delayed.
Breakdowns currently reduced to 13 949MW of generating capacity while 4 322MW of generating capacity is out of service for planned maintenance.
We thank all South Africans for continuing to use electricity sparingly to help alleviate the pressure on the power system.
