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Eskom on Friday attached the bank account of Matjhabeng Municipality in the Free State.The municipality owes Eskom R3.4 billion.As at the end of July 2020, outstanding debt to Eskom by municipalities amounted to R31 billion.Eskom has attached the bank account of Matjhabeng Municipality, in the Free State, to recover R3.4 billion in debt owed to…

29m ago Jan Cronje Subscribers can listen to this article A candle in the dark. Getty Power utility Eskom says it will move from stage 2 to stage 4 load shedding at 15:00 on Wednesday due to "exceptionally high demand". Stage 4 power cuts will continue until 22:00. Eskom did not immediately say what caused the…

Eskom will implement stage 2 load shedding on Wednesday between 09:00 and 22:00. The power utility said the country's national grid was under severe pressure as a result of cold weather and faults at a number of generating units."As the aged generation infrastructure is unreliable and volatile, this constrained power system is expected to persist for…

The power system will be "severely constrained" this week, this as eight of Eskom's generating units are still unavailable.The power utility on Sunday issued a statement warning consumers that any deterioration in generating performance would result in load shedding."While some of the units will be returned to service this evening and tomorrow, the system is…

Eskom has returned four generation units to service, it said on Tuesday, adding that pressure on the grid had "eased" since Monday. However, the utility also took to Twitter to warn consumers of "severe pressure" on the power system.The generation units that are back online are are a unit each at Duvha, Tutuka, Matla and Kendal. The…