South African’s dust off lanterns as Eskom implements load shedding

Jun 15, 2018

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Zambian households — Source: Raul Petri; unsplash.

On Thursday afternoon, the City of Cape Town issued a notice that Phase 1 load shedding would be implemented with immediate effect.

In a public statement, Eskom confirmed that its generation and distribution of electricity across the network was constrained due to the acts of sabotage and intimidation that characterised the industrial action by members of the trade unions yesterday.

Eskom commenced with Stage 1 load shedding at 17:41 today (14 June 2018).

Phase 1 loadshedding is being implemented with immediate effect. Please see the following link for the phase 1 map and loadshedding schedule https://t.co/feTF0d7PO4 #CTNews pic.twitter.com/VJZFtmOzdC

— City of Cape Town (@CityofCT) June 14, 2018

“There have been several incidents of road blockades, attacks on staff, and wilful damage of electricity infrastructure. As a result, all road coal deliveries have been stopped for security reasons. The safety of all our employees is of paramount importance to us during this time.

“Coal deliveries by rail deliveries and conveyor belts still continue to operate, albeit at limited capacity,” the parastatal explained.

The power stations that were worst-affected by the industrial action are Hendrina, Camden, Kendal, and Arnot.

Power was restored to all effected areas around 20:00 in the evening.

Eskom suspended Loadshedding at 20:00 until further notice. All supplies restored at 20:04 #CTNews pic.twitter.com/eYPHkhNJaW

— City of Cape Town (@CityofCT) June 14, 2018