Eskom suspends load shedding ahead of the weekend

The power utility implemented rolling blackouts on both Wednesday and Thursday evening.

“We will use the lower demand opportunity during the weekend to continue replenishing the emergency generation reserves in preparation for the expected higher demand during the coming week,” says spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha.

“In this period, Eskom will also continue to pursue reliability maintenance as planned and previously communicated. This will continue to put pressure on the generation plant going into the week.”

But he warns that the system remains vulnerable.

“We currently have 6 060MW of capacity on planned maintenance, while another 13 206MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns and other load losses. Eskom teams are working hard to return as many of these units to service as soon as possible.”