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FILE PHOTO: A shopper looks for goods during an electricity load-shedding blackout in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Some energy analysts believe President Cyril Ramaphosa is likely to announce government’s plans to mitigate load shedding when he delivers the State of the Nation Address (SONA) this evening.
Eskom implemented stage three load shedding last Friday and Saturday.
It said it had sought to replenish its emergency reserves after some of its units tripped.
Eskom implements stage 3 load shedding:
Research Associate at the University of Cape Town, Hilton Trollip says the weekend load shedding was not a surprise.
He says over 300 days without electricity interruption is a step in the right direction.
Trollip adds, however, that there’s likely to be more load-shedding before the country’s energy crisis is resolved.
PODCAST | Energy analysts believe the president is likely to announce efforts to help mitigate load shedding at SONA:
