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Eskom says it has stopped implementing stage one rolling blackouts.
Spokesperson, Andrew Etzinger says they stopped load shedding at around five o'clock Friday afternoon, after seeing an improvement in their generator capacity situation.
He said another reason was that electricity demand on Friday evenings was lower than during the other days of the week.
Earlier on Friday, the power utility took to social media to announce it had implemented the rolling blackouts.
It said the system remained vulnerable, meaning that any extra load or faults might necessitate blackouts.
At the time, spokesperson Khulu Phasiwe said the energy grid was severely constrained because Eskom did not have new generating capacity.
He said generators were breaking down because maintenance had been deferred, and there were unplanned power outages.
Phasiwe said Eskom's financial issues were partly responsible for the country's rolling blackouts.
