Tag: stage 5

Unexpected Setbacks for Eskom In a surprising turn of events, four additional units at Eskom have faltered, ushering in the continuance of stage 5 load shedding this Tuesday. A Peek into Today’s Scenario: Despite initial projections aiming to keep the load shedding flux between stages 2 to 4 for this week, unforeseen generation losses on […]

Load Shedding Takes a Step Up South Africans, brace yourselves for another jolt in your power routines. Eskom, the nation’s key power supplier, recently announced that they’re ratcheting up load shedding to stage 5. Starting on Monday (11 September) from 22h00, this move is all in a bid to replenish the diminishing storage dam levels […]

Dr. Ramokgopa and the Climate Debate: A Glimpse into Africa’s Green Future Location & Theme: Nairobi, Kenya is currently buzzing with discussions about our planet’s future as the Africa Climate Summit (ACS) kicks off. Taking place from 4-6 September, it centers around a powerful theme: ‘Green Growth and Climate Finance for Africa and the World’. […]

Eskom’s Recent Move: Eskom has raised the alarm, revealing a shift to stage 5 load-shedding for Sunday evening through the wee hours of Monday. Brace yourself, folks, because this isn’t a short stint. Eskom’s official word on this? “Stage 5 load-shedding will be implemented from 16:00 today until 05:00 on Monday,” they stated on a […]

Eskom has forecasted a stage 5 minimum load shedding for most of the winter season and warns of a high possibility of stage 8 load shedding over July and August. Eskom’s chairman Mpho Makwana announced that their power system would be even more constrained this season due to cold weather and patterns of weather change […]

South Africa is facing a very tough winter as the embattled power utility Eskom announced the implementation of Stage 5 load shedding until further notice. This follows the failure of five generating units, three from Medupi Power Station and two from Duvha Power Station. This weekend’s schedule has been changed, causing more power outages for […]

Parts of the Tshwane area remain without electricity following the collapse of electrical pylons on the N4 on Sunday night. The collapse of the 132kv powerlines has resulted in a power outage affecting large parts of Pretoria East and North. This is an unfortunate continuity of the recurring power outages that South Africans have to […]

South Africans are in for another round of power outages as Eskom has announced an increase in load-shedding to stage 3 from 17:00 on Monday until 16:00 on Tuesday. The power cuts will then escalate to stage 5, which will persist until 05:00 on Wednesday. The move is due to 7,215MW of generation capacity that […]

Eskom, the primary electricity supplier in South Africa, has announced that it will implement Stage 4 load shedding from 16:00 today, Friday 10th March, until 16:00 on Monday 13th March. This will be followed by Stage 5 load shedding, which will be in place until 05:00 on Tuesday 14th March. Eskom has explained that the […]