Saturday, 12 December 2020: As the recovery in the emergency generation reserves
has showed significant progress, loadshedding will be reduced to Stage 1 from
06:00 until 23:00 tomorrow. It is necessary to continue with loadshedding in
order to fully recover the emergency generation reserves in preparation for the
coming week. Eskom will communicate timeously should there be any significant
changes to the power system.
We currently have 7 914MW on
planned maintenance, while another 10 468MW of capacity is unavailable due to
unplanned maintenance. Eskom teams are working around the clock to return as
many of these units to service as soon as possible.
Eskom requests the people of South
Africa to continue using electricity sparingly in order to help us limit the
impact of loadshedding. We apologise for the inconvenience during this
difficult period.
ENDS