WATCH: Eskom set to ease rolling blackouts on Thursday
Eskom will downgrade to stage 3 load shedding on Thursday evening at 9pm.
The power utility's spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha says the downgrade follows some recovery in generation capacity over the past 24 hours.
Stage 3 power cuts are expected to persist until 5am on Friday before a further downgrade to stage 2.
"The emergency generation reserves have sufficiently improved to permit a reduction in the stage of loadshedding. A generation unit each at Matla, Medupi, Kusile and Camden power stations have returned to service while a unit each at Matla, Lethabo and Arnot power stations were taken offline for repairs during the same period.
"Two other units are expected to return to service today while another five generation units are expected to be back in service by Monday afternoon," Mantshantsha adds.
Total breakdowns amount to 13 942MW while planned maintenance is 7 136MW of capacity.
Watch Mantshantsha give the latest update below:
UPDATE: Eskom will downgrade to stage 3 #Loadshedding from 9pm tonight until 5am on Friday. Stage 2 will then be implemented over the weekend.
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The power utility’s spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha has the latest… pic.twitter.com/T1inNTYZ0h
