Eskom on Monday afternoon announced that it was implementing load-shedding “tonight from 5 pm to 11 pm”.
The power utility had earlier warned that its system was severely constrained and it was likely to implement load-shedding at short notice.
In its second power alert on Monday Eskom said: “Stage 2 load-shedding will regretfully be implemented between 17:00 and 22:00 tonight and every evening until Thursday.”


