Eskom Declares Emergency

On Thursday, large parts of the country experienced blackouts. Load shedding occurred after Eskom declared an emergency. The power cuts were due to wet coal stocks, caused by seven days of heavy rain.

The power cuts had a widespread effect. Flights from OR Tambo International Airport were delayed, with the backlog caused by some services having to be manually facilitated. Eskom asked their large industrial power consumers to reduce their power usage by 10%, but it was not enough. Eskom also warned those not paying their electricity bills would have their power cut to reduce the load.

To read more on the regions affected by the load shedding, click here.

[ Source : Mail&Guardian ]

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