Eskom downscales to stage one load-shedding

Slow-moving vehicles line the streets as traffic lights stand without power during a load-shedding power outage period in Pretoria. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)Picture: Bloomberg via Getty Images

Eskom said on Friday it was downscaling the current bout of load-shedding which has been in place since Tuesday, to stage one from stage two because of lower demand going into the weekend.

The power utility said in a statement load-shedding would be halted altogether at 5am on Monday.

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