South Africa Facing Risk of Unprecedented Level of Power Outages
- Eskom began implementing so-called Stage-6 power cuts Sunday
- Utility ramped up blackouts after two generation units tripped
The Ponte tower during to a load shedding blackout.
Photographer: Dean Hutton/Bloomberg
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South Africa is facing a risk of an unprecedented level of blackouts this week after units at two of its coal-fired power plants broke down.