{"id":323484,"date":"2019-10-16T08:11:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T06:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=323484"},"modified":"2019-10-16T12:18:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T10:18:11","slug":"eskom-load-shedding-stage-2-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/energy\/323484-eskom-load-shedding-stage-2-is-back.html","title":{"rendered":"Eskom load-shedding Stage 2 is back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eskom load-shedding is back, and stage 2 will be implemented today.<\/p>\n<p>The load-shedding will be implemented from 09:00 and run until 23:00 this evening.<\/p>\n<p>Eskom said that the load-shedding was necessary due to a shortage of capacity.<\/p>\n<p>A media statement with more details will be issued, added Eskom.<\/p>\n<p>South Africans are advised to check their respective load-shedding schedules.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PowerAlert?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PowerAlert<\/a> Due to a shortage of capacity stage 2 loadshedding is to be implemented from 9 am to 11pm today. Media statement with more details to follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CityPowerJhb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CityPowerJhb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/City_Ekurhuleni?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@City_Ekurhuleni<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CityTshwane?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CityTshwane<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CityofJoburgZA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CityofJoburgZA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CityofCT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CityofCT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ewnupdates?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ewnupdates<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SABCNewsOnline?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SABCNewsOnline<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IOL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IOL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eNCA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@eNCA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SAgovnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SAgovnews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eskom_SA\/status\/1184349226765041664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Load-shedding warnings<\/h3>\n<p>After Eskom managed to prevent load-shedding for several months, it was reported in August that an acceleration in economic growth in South Africa could <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/energy\/317015-south-africa-is-on-the-brink-of-load-shedding-eskom.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>trigger new power cuts.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was because Eskom&#8217;s &#8220;fragile generation system&#8221; was said to be unable to respond to increased demand for electricity.<\/p>\n<p>This followed a statement from Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan in April that Eskom <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/energy\/301650-no-more-load-shedding-from-today-eskoms-plan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>had a plan<\/strong><\/a> to fight load-shedding in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Gordhan said Eskom\u2019s goal was to ensure there would be no load-shedding from 3 April \u2013 but that there was a lot of hard work ahead for the company.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Big problems at Eskom<\/h3>\n<p>Energy expert Chris Yelland said Eskom\u2019s load-shedding announcement follows major generation capacity supply shortages.<\/p>\n<p>These supply shortages, Yelland said, are caused by unplanned generation breakdowns which spiked yesterday and have continued today.<\/p>\n<p>He said one reactor at the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station is down, while four units at other power stations are down due to boiler tube leaks.<\/p>\n<p>He added that there is a problem at the Grootvlei Power Station and that a conveyor belt transporting coal to the Medupi power station is also down.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/323456-wework-chief-communications-officer-steps-down.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">WeWork chief communications officer steps down<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eskom load-shedding is back, and stage 2 will be implemented today.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":300024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27995],"tags":[181,35,405],"class_list":["post-323484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","tag-eskom","tag-headline","tag-twitter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323484"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}