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Stage 2 load shedding starts at 6am

Cape Town - Eskom will implement stage 2 load shedding from 06:00 on Wednesday morning, and this is likely to continue until 22:00 this evening.       

This followed stage 2 and stage 3 load shedding on Tuesday, with Eskom assuring customers that load shedding is implemented as a necessary measure to protect the power system.

Deferred generator maintenance has caused an overload of unplanned repairs, resulting in a week of darkness for South Africa.

On Tuesday, unplanned outages resulted in 9 500MW being cut off the grid, while planned outages accounted for 5 000MW, according to Eskom spokesperson Khulu Phasiwe.

After implementing a third day of stage 2 (2 000MW cut) load shedding at 06:00 on Tuesday, Eskom escalated the outages to stage 3 (4 000MW cut) at 18:00.

"Any additional changes on the already vulnerable and constrained power system could lead to a change in the stage of load shedding at short notice. We will communicate if there is a need to change stages," Eskom said in a statement on Wednesday.

"The electricity supply system remains very constrained and vulnerable due to a shortage of generation capacity as several units are currently out of service due to planned and unplanned outages."

Visit News24's GridWatch to see how this will affect you.

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