Eskom said on Wednesday that it will implement stage-2 load shedding from 9am on Wednesday, with outages likely to continue until 11pm.

Energy expert Chris Yelland tweeted shortly before 8am that information is emerging about “major Eskom generation capacity supply shortages as unplanned generation breakdowns spiked yesterday and continue today”.

Johannesburg’s City Power said in a tweet at 7.30am that it will implement stage-2 rotational load shedding between 9am and 11pm.

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