South Africa’s Eskom Extends Record Power Cuts to Fourth Day
- High level of staff absenteeism, intimidation at some plants
- More power being cut in the country than previous record: CSIR
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South Africa’s state-owned electricity utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. will extend the worst blackouts on record to a fourth day as the firm struggles to recover from a strike that prevented as many as 90% of staff at some power plants from going to work.
The company cut 6,000 megawatts, known as Stage 6, from the national grid from 2 p.m. until midnight on Thursday and will do so again from 5 a.m. until midnight on Friday, it said in a statement on Twitter. Eskom started cutting that much power for the first time in more than two years on June 28.