Ramokgopa to give update on rolling blackouts

JOHANNESBURG - Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgoba will give an update on the state of the grid on Sunday morning.

It comes as South Africans struggle under Stage 6 blackouts.

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Eskom escalated rolling power cuts on Friday until Monday morning.

It blames this on a shortage of generation capacity and emergency reserves.

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This sent South Africans on a frenzy on social media, voicing their anger and frustration.

Ramokgopa apologised for the latest bout, saying it was brought on by higher demand due to the heatwave.

He says there are no emergency reserves to mitigate the impact.