{"id":239857,"date":"2022-10-12T16:18:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T14:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/stage-2-load-shedding-continues-on-wednesday-and-thursday\/"},"modified":"2022-10-12T16:18:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T14:18:22","slug":"stage-2-load-shedding-continues-on-wednesday-and-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/stage-2-load-shedding-continues-on-wednesday-and-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Stage 2 load shedding continues on Wednesday and Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202210\/loadshedding.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Due to the persistent shortage of generation capacity, Eskom said Stage 2 load shedding will continue tonight and Thursday from 16:00 to 00:00.<\/p>\n<p>Thereafter, the State-owned entity said Stage 1 power cuts will be implemented on Friday from 16:00 to 00:00.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To the extent possible, Eskom will endeavour to limit load shedding to night time to have minimal impact on the economy and population,&#8221; Eskom said, adding that it will publish a further update on Friday afternoon, or as soon as any significant changes occur.<\/p>\n<p>According to the entity, a generation unit each at Camden, Kriel, Kusile, Matla and Medupi power stations returned to service on Tuesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, two generating units at Majuba and one at Tutuka power stations were taken offline for repairs.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Eskom said the entity is currently running on 5 021MW on planned maintenance, while another 14 760MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Loadshedding is implemented only as a last resort given the shortage of generation capacity and the need to attend to breakdowns.&#8221;&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the persistent shortage of generation capacity, Eskom said Stage 2 load shedding will continue tonight and Thursday from 16:00 to 00:00. Thereafter, the State-owned entity said Stage 1 power cuts will be implemented on Friday from 16:00 to 00:00. &#8220;To the extent possible, Eskom will endeavour to limit load shedding to night time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":239858,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-239857","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/stage-2-load-shedding-continues-on-wednesday-and-thursday.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}