South Africa faces stage-6 power cuts as generation units fail

Camdem power station

Eskom implemented stage-6 load shedding early on Sunday after multiple generating units at Camden power station tripped.

On Saturday, Eskom applied stage-3 power cuts, effectively cutting 3GW to the national grid. It did so without any prior warning at 5.30pm.

Regular breakdowns at Eskom’s fleet of ageing coal-fired plants, providing the bulk of electricity to the economy, are often the cause of load shedding — an incremental system where stage 1 sees 1GW cut from the system, with stage 6 the highest officially implemented to date.  — Wendell Roelf, (c) 2025 Reuters

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