Eskom announced that Stage 2 load shedding would be implemented on Monday night, 7 March and Tuesday night, due to the failure of multiple generating units.
Eskom said the generating units went down over the past 24 hours. Therefore, Stage 2 load shedding will be implemented from 21:00 on Monday until 5:00 on Tuesday morning.
The same stage of power cuts will be repeated at 21:00 on Tuesday night until 5:00 on Wednesday morning.