Eskom has announced that loadshedding has been suspended from 10 o’ clock this morning.
The power utility says this is due to sufficient generation capacity and replenishment of emergency reserves in the past 44 hours.
Eskom’s spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says there is a change in the frequency of rolling blackouts due to structural improvements in the generation fleet.
Sunday, 9 March 2025:
After the recovery of more than 3 000MW of generation capacity and replenishment of sufficient emergency reserves in the past 44 hours, loadshedding will be suspended today at 10:00.
Coal operations at Kusile Power Station are at optimal…
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) March 9, 2025
However, Mokwena warns that planned maintenance outages continue in preparation for winter.
“Load shedding will be suspended today at 10am Coal operations at Kusile Power Station are at optimal levels, with all units that were offline as of Friday now back in service. Planned maintenance outages aimed at preparing for winter and meeting regulatory and environmental licensing requirements continue.”
“We maintain our position that load shedding is largely behind us due to structural improvements in the generation fleet. While baseload capacity remains constrained, our generation recovery plan is addressing this challenge,” she adds.
Electricity Minister Ramokgopa media briefing following implementation of load shedding
