Energy experts have attributed the current load-shedding to poorly planned maintenance and a breakdown of Eskom infrastructure.
“Eskom is not generating enough energy so when we do our planned maintenance, we don’t go into load-shedding. We are short of nearly 20,000 megawatts on any given weekend. Breakdowns take away 14,000MW. We only import 1,000mw from Mozambique…poor maintenance led to this,” Yelland said.
Earlier on Saturday Eskom announced it would be implementing stage 2 load-shedding from 8am to 11pm due to a shortage of capacity and a loss of additional generating units. On Thursday, Eskom said it would cut electricity after a unit at its faulty Kusile power station tripped, adding to a shortfall of generating capacity.
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