Central SA
Eskom ramps up load-shedding to Stage 4─── 12:01 Fri, 18 Nov 2022
Eskom announced that load shedding will be escalated to Stage 4 load-shedding from Friday morning.
The sudden announcement was made while the country was in Stage 2 load-shedding in the early hours of Friday.
A host of reasons are behind the escalation of the rolling power blackouts.
The embattled power utility says Stage 4 load shedding was necessitated by low pumped storage dam levels and a lack of diesel.
Breakdowns at power stations have hit 17 056 megawatts of generation capacity.
"Stage 4 load-shedding was implemented at 05:26 this morning until further notice," said Eskom spokesperson, Sikonathi Mantshantsha.
Mantshantsha said Eskom will give a further update "as soon as it's necessary".
