Clarity blackouts — is Eskom keeping SA in the dark about Stage 8 load shedding?
Indications are that rolling blackouts went further than Stage 6 but the state-owned power utility has not bothered to inform the public.
reports that South Africa has been plunged into Stage 8 rolling blackouts.
Power cuts could last up to six straight hours if Koeberg’s Unit 2, the last functional unit at the nuclear power facility which tripped on Saturday, 15 April, is not brought back onto the grid. The power utility Tweeted on Thursday that its evening peak data showed that total demand was 30,747MW, while generation capacity was 23,771MW.
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