South Africa’s Eskom Cuts Power Supplies Due to Breakdowns
- Eskom extends power cuts to night hours on Monday, Tuesday
- Utility says unit at Koeberg nuclear plant tripped on Sunday
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South Africa’s Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. resumed cutting power to customers due to breakdowns at some of its electricity-generating plans.
The state-owned company, which is struggling to reduce its debt burden, has been cutting 2,000 megawatts from the grid since Saturday evening after breakdowns and malfunctions at six of its plants. The rolling power cuts, known locally as load-shedding, will be suspended on Monday morning and re-introduced during evenings until Tuesday night after a unit at its Koeberg plant tripped on Sunday, Eskom said in a statement.