A dark weekend on the cards, says Eskom
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The risk of having power cuts over the weekend is high, Eskom said on Friday. The power utility's spokesperson, Khulu Phasiwe, said: "The national power grid is expected to remain constrained through the weekend, with a high probability of the implementation of stage 1 load-shedding tomorrow [Saturday] and on Sunday."
Phasiwe said load-shedding would be done over the weekend to ensure that there was less load-shedding next week. "With the diesel generators and pumped scheme storage dams having been used long and hard over the course of this week, Eskom will use the weekend to replenish the diesel tanks and water reservoirs to ensure a better start in the new week," he said...
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