The Minister of Electricity Kgosientso Ramokgopa has announced Stage 3 load shedding will be initiated this weekend. Load shedding will start at 5pm on Friday evening and will run for the weekend.
According to Ramokgopa, load shedding has to be initiated to protect the integrity of Eskom’s power generation system.
Over the past seven days, Eskom has experienced several breakdowns that require extended repair times.