Eskom has no power cuts planned, the power utility said on Monday.
However, demand and supply remained tight and any technical difficulties could result in emergency cuts, said spokesperson Fani Zulu.
”One you have technical problems, they quickly take you to load-shedding,” he said.
He emphasised, though, that should this be necessary, the public would be informed.
Zulu said a generator went down on Thursday and there were fears of cuts over the weekend had a second unit gone down. This had not happened and power cuts had not been necessary.
He said the absence of power cuts did not mean that people should stop saving electricity. Problems arose when demand exceeded supply. — Sapa