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.