Breakdowns and shut downs at Eskom’s power stations has led to the implementation of Stage 2 load shedding.
According to the power utility, at least seven units were affected – putting the power grid under severe pressure.
“Medupi Unit 3 broke down, necessitating load shedding to be [implemented]…continuously until 5am on Saturday. This adds to the multiple generating unit failures that occurred over the past 24 hours and has severely reduced available generating capacity.
