Load-shedding weekend forecast a relief as stages are reduced

Load-shedding will then increase to stage 2 until Tuesday at 5am. Thereafter, the blackouts will be suspended until 4pm on Tuesday, she said.

“Thereafter, stage 2 will be implemented until further notice.”

The breakdowns have a generating capacity of 14,256MW while the units that are out of service for planned maintenance have capacity of 4,765MW.

Mokwena said the expected lower demand over the weekend allowed Eskom to reduce the required stages of load-shedding and suspend power cuts where possible.

“During the past 24 hours, a generating unit at Camden and two units at Hendrina power stations were taken offline for repairs,” she said.