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This includes the loss of about seven units in one night, which left the power system under severe pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe again do apologise for the difficult situation we are placing the people of South Africa in and the negative impact to the economy. However\u2026in order to protect and ensure the integrity of the electrical system, proactive implementation of load shedding is required,\u201d Oberholzer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Compounding Eskom\u2019s challenges are the 16 generating units, which Oberholzer said are currently \u201crunning at risk\u201d \u2013 putting a further 5800MW of power at low to high risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/south-africa\/%E2%80%98proactive-load-shedding-required%E2%80%99-says-eskom-coo\">here<\/a> to read more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: <\/em>Unsplash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eskom Chief Operations Officer Jan Oberholzer says Stage 4 load shedding will give the power utility enough space to build up fast-depleting emergency reserves and avoid the risk of implementing Stage 6 load shedding. 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