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Another week of load shedding looms for South Africa as the country moves to Level 2 of the lockdown at midnight on Monday.
Eskom said on Sunday eight generating units were down and while some of the units would be returned to service on Sunday evening and Monday, the power system would remain under pressure.
Eskom said there is a delay in the return to service of a generation unit each at the Duvha and Medupi power stations while units at Tutuka, Majuba, Komati, Kendal, and two units at Hendrina have been shut down.
It said the old generation infrastructure was “unreliable and volatile”.
“While Eskom teams are working hard to return as many of these generation units to service as possible, any further deterioration in the generation performance may tip the country into load-shedding.”
“We urge the people of SA to help reduce electricity usage in order to assist Eskom to keep the lights on,” the utility said.
