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Energy minister Kgosiento Ramokgopa said the issue would be resolved by the end of the week. Photo: GCIS

Multiple plant failures prompted Stage 6 load-shedding

Energy minister Kgosiento Ramokgopa said the issue would be resolved by the end of the week

The last time the country experienced load-shedding at stage six was at the end of November 2023 (Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Eskom ramps up blackouts to stage six

The last time the country experienced load-shedding at stage six was at the end of November 2023

Eskom board chairperson Mpho Makwana. Photo: Getty Images

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A general view shows trails of lights from passing vehicles in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, which  is submerged in darkness due to load-shedding

South Africa edges closer towards stage eight load-shedding

Eskom loses half of its power-generating capacity, opening risks for longer cuts which will entail more than half the day with no electricity

Pay your electricity bill or have your power switched off. File photo

Brace for stage eight power cuts

Things won’t get better over the next 12 months, says spokesperson, as energy crisis deepens

Load-shedding is unlikely through the winter.

Eskom warns of higher stages of load-shedding as it scrambles to procure power

Board and Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan to approach independent power producers to procure 1 000 megawatts urgently

Eskom wage deadlock ends, setting SA back on course to fewer blackouts

This is according to Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan, who placed the blame for stage six load-shedding on unprotected strike action