Power utility Eskom said on Thursday Stage 2 load-shedding will be implemented until 6am on Friday.

Breakdowns overnight on Wednesday resulted in the loss of 14,000MW of generation capacity, and emergency reserves were insufficient to meed demand for electricity on Thursday, when load-shedding will be implemented from 8am...

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