Up to Wednesday, stage 4 load shedding is scheduled to continue.
Unlawful industrial action at several Eskom power units, according to a statement from Eskom, has interfered with planned maintenance and repairs. The full complement of employees failed not to arrive for work at certain stations.
Eskom regrets having to tell the public that stage 4 load shedding is projected to last from Monday at 5am until at least Wednesday at midnight.
This is because of illegal and unprotected labor activity at several power plants, which has delayed the completion of planned maintenance and repairs, the statement stated.
Due to this, unplanned generating losses have not decreased as anticipated, according to Eskom, forcing the company to keep implementing preventative measures to preserve generation capacity and protect plants from harm.
The power utility stated that depending on the condition of the plant and the labor pool, the load shedding stage “may have to modify at short notice.”
An already constrained power system would be made worse by protracted strike action, which could result in more damage and protracted delays in restoring units to service.
“We presently have 15 472 MW of capacity unavailable owing to outages, while 3 894 MW are undergoing planned maintenance.
Additionally, the Hydroelectrica de Cahora Bassa, which is currently experiencing a line fault in Mozambique, is unable to use an additional 600MW as a result (HCB).
“Eskom wishes to honor and express gratitude to the many loyal and committed workers who continue to go above and beyond the call of duty to support keeping the lights on.”
On Friday, Eskom raised load shedding from stage 2 to stage 4.