{"id":88994,"date":"2015-05-12T09:15:15","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T07:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=88994"},"modified":"2015-05-12T09:20:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T07:20:00","slug":"eskom-battles-to-keep-the-lights-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/05\/12\/eskom-battles-to-keep-the-lights-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Eskom battles to keep the lights on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eskom has annouced this morning through the comany&#8217;s Twitter account (@Eskom_SA) that the risk of load shedding remains high, especially between the peak hours of 5pm to 9pm.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after Eskom implemented stage two load shedding till 10pm yesterday (Monday).<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>It is reported that the outages are due to\u00a0a shortage of generating capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Today could see the fourth consecutive day of load shedding.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Eskom&#8217;s spokesman Khulu Phasiwe said that the peak hours (5pm to 9pm) and the colder weather are the contributing factors to the shortages,\u00a0\u201cMany households use this time to prepare meals and switch on geysers to bath.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The drop in the temperatures has also caused people to use heaters.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_86679\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86679\" style=\"width: 462px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/04\/2014-Loadshedding-Germiston-Palm-Ridge-Custom1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-86679\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/04\/2014-Loadshedding-Germiston-Palm-Ridge-Custom1-462x400.jpg\" alt=\"When will your area be affected by load shedding.\" width=\"462\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/04\/2014-Loadshedding-Germiston-Palm-Ridge-Custom1-462x400.jpg 462w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/04\/2014-Loadshedding-Germiston-Palm-Ridge-Custom1-234x203.jpg 234w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/04\/2014-Loadshedding-Germiston-Palm-Ridge-Custom1.jpg 694w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-86679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When will your area be affected by load shedding.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='edc9d1b647a9ebd388f58b7c04bf4741'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Risk of load shedding remains 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