Eskom will publish a further update on Sunday afternoon, or as soon as any significant changes occur.

Since Wednesday evening a generation unit each at Arnot and Majuba power stations were returned to service while a generating unit each at Duvha, Hendrina, Lethabo and Tutuka power stations were taken offline for repairs.

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Due to lower weekend demand, loadshedding will be suspended at midnight on Friday. pic.twitter.com/DBgf8qgV0a

— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) October 14, 2022

We currently have 5 254MW on planned maintenance, while another 15 190MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns.

Load-shedding is implemented only as a last resort in view of the shortage of generation capacity and the need to attend to breakdowns.

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