Eskom, South Africa’s power utility, has implemented Stage 4 blackouts until Monday morning.
That means you won’t have electricity at least three times on Sunday.
The power utility says further breakdowns at power stations necessitated the increase in power cuts.
They’re also to conserve limited diesel stocks and to allow for dam levels in the pumped storage schemes to be replenished.
In a Twitter post seen by Pindula News, Eskom said:
Further breakdowns require the implementation of Stage 4 loadshedding with immediate effect until 05:00 on Monday morning. This is to conserve the limited diesel stocks and to create space to replenish the dam levels in the pumped storage schemes.
The prolonged power crisis in South Africa has had an adverse impact on neighbouring Zimbabwe.
The power utility has a contract to sell electricity to Zimbabwe which is also facing acute power shortages.
South Africa recently announced that it will not be able to supply Zimbabwe with electricity beyond what it is supplying right now as it is also struggling to meet local demand.
This is happening as Zimbabwe was advised by the Zambezi River Authority to shut down its Kariba South Hydro Power Plant to allow water to refill in the Kariba Dam.
Zimbabwe is now paying for the folly of depending on our neighbors for power. We are now paying the full price for having myopic leadership for the past 43 years.
For all hi faults Ian Smith left a legacy of power infrastructure and well planned power generation. This clueless bunch of egomaniacs and megalomaniacs have left us in a lurch whereby not only are rural areas better than urban centres, but in 43 years have led this country back to the 1900s when pit latrines, shallow wells and wood stoves were the height of luxury.
In the name of Heaven, please GO.
The man has failed dismally.this is a failed country having 18hrs of no electricity people should just call it quits
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