{"id":229123,"date":"2020-01-31T12:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T10:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=229123"},"modified":"2020-01-31T10:52:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T08:52:17","slug":"alert-eskom-implements-stage-two-loadshedding-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/01\/31\/alert-eskom-implements-stage-two-loadshedding-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"ALERT: Eskom implements stage two loadshedding for weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a result of a shortage of capacity due to a number of generating units being taken out of service for maintenance, Eskom is implementing stage two rotational<b>\u00a0<\/b>loadshedding again today from 9am.<\/p>\n<p>This is likely to continue until 6am on Monday morning.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h4><strong>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/204331\/power-woes-continue-for-germiston-residents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Power woes continue for Germiston residents<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/POWERALERT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#POWERALERT<\/a> 1<br \/>Date: 31 January 2020<\/p>\n<p>Stage 2 loadshedding continues from 9:00 this morning @SABCNewsOnline <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IOL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IOL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ewnupdates?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ewnupdates<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/eNCA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@eNCA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TimesLIVE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TimesLIVE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/News24?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@News24<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Moneyweb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Moneyweb<\/a> <a 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