Eskom implements stage 1 loadshedding

After more than a month without power cuts, Eskom has implemented stage one loadshedding.

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Cape Town - Eskom implemented stage one loadshedding from 7pm to 10 pm on Monday, the utility said.

The announcement came hours after Eskom said electricity supply in the country would be further constrained in the coming week because its import supply from Cahora Bassa would halve as a result of maintenance.

Eskom would undertake maintenance work on the Cahora Bassa hydroelectric scheme jointly with the Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB) in Mozambique.

The maintenance work, which was expected to be completed by Sunday, would result in South Africa getting 650 MW instead of the 1 500 MW that is normally imported from Cahora Bassa on a daily basis.

ANA