Eskom announced on Saturday evening that load shedding will move up to stage 4 on Sunday at 4 pm, followed by stage 2 power cuts until 5 am on Monday.
Stage 3 will be in force from 7 am until 4 pm on Sunday.
The power utility says this escalation is due to the loss of five large generation units over the past 36 hours, as well as a delay in returning five other units to service.
Stage 4 will also be implemented from 5 am on Monday until midnight.
Load shedding will then be reduced to stage 2 from midnight until 5 am on Tuesday.
“This load shedding sequence is likely to be repeated throughout the week,” said Eskom in a statement.
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