Eskom to suspend rolling blackouts from 10pm Friday

Eskom says it will suspend rolling blackouts from 10pm on Friday.

The power utility says in a statement that it should return a number of power stations to service at the weekend, including Arnot and Majuba.

Eskom had implemented stage two rolling blackouts more than a week ago, ramping them up to stage four amid heavy rains in many parts of the country.

Eskom spokesperson, Sikonathi Mantshantsha, has warned that the system remains constrained and has appealed to people to conserve power.

He says, “Eskom expects to return to service nine generation units during the weekend. These are a unit at Hendrina and two generation units each at Arnot, Duvha, Majuba and Tutuka power stations.”

“The low weekend demand will assist in replenishing emergency reserves. This, together with the reduced weekend demand, will enable Eskom to suspend load shedding at 22:00 tonight.”

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