Eskom to Suspend Load Shedding from 10am to 2pm on Thursday for King Goodwill Zwelithini Funeral

Faizel Patel – 18/03/2021

Eskom says it will suspend the implementation of load shedding between 10am and 2pm today to allow the nation to participate in the memorial service of King Goodwill Zwelithini.

On Wednesday the power utility announced that due to further loss of generation capacity load shedding would increase to Stage 2 from 9pm on Wednesday and will continue until 5am on Saturday.

Eskom says the temporary measure to suspended load shedding has been implemented to allow the nation to witness a key and significant historical event at this difficult time in the life of the Zulu nation.

The power utility says load shedding will kick in after the Zwelithini’s funeral

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