Power cuts increased to Stage 5

JOHANNESBURG - Dark times ahead this evening as power utility Eskom implements Stage 5 rolling blackouts.

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Failure of five generating units at the Medupi and Duvha Power Stations has limited generating capacity.

Three of these units have since been returned to service.

But Eskom has to replenish the emergency reserves on which it's been drawing extensively.

#LoadsheddingUpdate

Saturday, 6 May 2023: Due to a shortage of generating capacity, Stage 5 loadshedding will be implemented until further notice. This is necessary following the failure of five generating units; three from Medupi Power Station and two from Duvha Power Station.…

— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) May 6, 2023