Eskom grants South Africans load shedding reprieve ahead of Human Rights Day

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Load shedding suspended as demand dips and capacity rises, promising a blackout-free holiday for South Africa.

will be suspended at 5am on Thursday until further notice due to the lower demand anticipated and the increase in available generation capacity.

“The anticipated demand for this evening’s peak is 26 109MW, with unplanned outages at 14 335MW and planned maintenance at 6 073MW of generating capacity,” the power utility said.Read more“We will answer questions from Members of Parliament on a range of issues pertaining to the implementation of the Energy Action Plan and the short- to medium-term interventions to end load shedding,” the minister said on X .

“However, this would have left the system vulnerable and weaker going into the winter period and beyond.”“You simply do an analysis, the amount of hours my lights are on or off compared to the same period the previous year, and you’ll see without any shred of doubt there has been a significant improvement.”

“The point is not just to reduce load shedding; the point is to ultimately get rid of load shedding,” Ramokgopa said.He said he’s confident about the prospects going into the future, which include the reduction of the intensity and regularity of load shedding with long-term plans in place.Holiday makers warned to brace for busy traffic conditions on N3

 

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