Eskom to Continue Loadshedding on Sunday BUT Reduced to Stage 1

Eskom announced some good and bad news to South Africans on Saturday evening. The bad news is the loadshedding will continue on Sunday between 06h00 and 23h00. The good news is that it will be  reduced to Stage 1, thanks to the recovery in the emergency generation reserves showing “significant progress”.

South Africa’s power utility said in a brief statement: “It is necessary to continue with loadshedding in order to fully recover the emergency generation reserves in preparation for the coming week. Eskom will communicate timeously should there be any significant changes to the power system.”

Eskom currently has 7 914MW on planned maintenance, while another 10 468MW of capacity is unavailable due to unplanned maintenance. Eskom teams are working around the clock to return as many of these units to service as soon as possible.

“Eskom requests the people of South Africa to continue using electricity sparingly in order to help us limit the impact of loadshedding. We apologise for the inconvenience during this difficult period,” said Eskom.