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Canola plants blossom in a field beneath electricity pylons
Power utility Eskom has suspended loadshedding as of 6am Sunday morning.
Sunday, 02 February 2025: Due to the sufficient replenishment of emergency reserves, loadshedding was suspended today at 6:00 in the morning. Eskom will provide updates if any significant changes occur.
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) February 2, 2025
The utility says it has replenished sufficient emergency reserves.
On Friday, the country was surprised by Eskom announcing the implementation of Stage 3 loadshedding.
Minister of Electricity Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said it was sad that Eskom had to implement loadshedding again after 10 months.
Ramokgopa briefed the media on Friday where he announced that Stage 3 loadshedding would commence from 5pm.
The power cuts were initially anticipated to last until early next week.
