As South Africans are shivering due to one of the most powerful winter frontal systems in years, there is a higher demand for electricity which also means intensified load shedding.
Eskom has revealed that high demand, coupled with a “slight reduction in generation capacity”, has resulted in the need to impose stage-4 load shedding from 1pm. Prior to the snowy day, no power cuts had been expected this week during the daytime.
At this point, stage-4 cuts will now be implemented until at least 5am on Tuesday.
The worsening power cuts after Johannesburg experienced its heaviest snowfall since at least 2012, with much of the country impacted by the intense cold front. Maximum temperatures in Gauteng were expected to struggle to get into double digits on Monday.
Eskom will be publishing an update on the load shedding situation soon.
