{"id":99861,"date":"2015-09-16T09:14:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T07:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=99861"},"modified":"2015-09-16T09:14:30","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T07:14:30","slug":"high-risk-of-load-shedding-for-the-rest-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/09\/16\/high-risk-of-load-shedding-for-the-rest-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"High risk of load shedding for the rest of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following a month of uninterrupted electricity supply Eskom <\/a>\u00a0has announced there is a high risk of load shedding for the rest of the week.<\/p>\n

For the first time in over 30 days, South Africans experienced power cuts on Monday night after the company implemented stage one load shedding.<\/p>

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It is reported that this was caused by a power station in Mozambique, which supplies the utility with about 1,500 megawatts, undergoing maintenance, as well as, a number of Eskom’s units being offline.<\/p>\n

Due to the increased electricity demand and a shortage of generator sets, the power system will be limited for the next few days.<\/p>

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Eskom’s spokesman Khulu Phasiwe said, \u201cWe\u2019ll continue to monitor the situation.<\/p>\n

“But the risk for the rest of this week remains because we don\u2019t have that 1,500 megawatts at this stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

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