Slight load shedding reprieve with limited blackouts over the weekend
President Cyril Ramaphosa has been under increasing pressure to address the country's energy crisis, and will be visiting an Eskom power station on Saturday.
There will be a slight reprieve after weeks of rolling blackouts with stage 2 load shedding only being implemented between 4pm and midnight over the weekend.
According to Eskom spokesperson, Sikonathi Mantshantsha, "It is anticipated that Stage 2 load shedding will also be implemented during the evening peak of 16:00 - 24:00 throughout next week."
President Cyril Ramaphosa has been under increasing pressure to address the country's energy crisis, and will be visiting an Eskom power station on Saturday.
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On Friday, Ramaphosa dismissed accusations that government is planning to privatise Eskom.
This followed claims by unions and political parties that government is purposely creating the Eskom crisis to allow for the privatisation of the power utility.
Speaking at the SACP conference in Boksburg on Friday, Ramaphosa blamed state capture, poor management, corruption, and failure to adapt to new technology at SOEs.
"Accusations are thrown around that we want to sell cheap some of the SOEs, that is a lie. We are not through restructuring seeking to privatise, in fact, we are trying to modernise and ensure that the state continues to play its role in ensuring that these SOEs function well," he said.
Ramaphosa says government will announce additional measures to address the current electricity crisis.