Eskom’s recent announcement of stage 6 load shedding has raised alarms among political and economic analysts, who view it as a significant setback for the Government of National Unity and a potential crisis for South Africa’s economy.

Eskom has ramped up load shedding to stage 6 until further notice due to multiple unit trips at the Camden Power Station in Mpumalanga. The parastatal’s spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena, made the announcement in the early hours of Sunday morning, Mokwena said stage 6 load shedding was implemented at 1:30 a.m. and will continue until further notice.

The electricity utility lost 10 generating units at the weekend but has said it is making good progress in restoring them to service.

Eskom ramped up load shedding to Stage 6 after midnight but many fear the worse is yet to come especially in winter.

Eskom reduced the intensity of loadshedding to Stage 4 in the early hours of Monday morning after having shocked the country by rapidly ramping up the intensity of its rotational cuts to Stage 6 in the early hours of Sunday morning,

Eskom has been hit with multiple breakdowns at two power stations, which means stage 6 load shedding will likely stick around all of Sunday.

Power cuts were eased to Stage 2 at 5am today after Eskom managed to restore several generating units that had unexpectedly gone offline over the weekend.

Eskom confirms Stage 4 loadshedding due to multiple unit trips at Camden Power Station, continuing until further notice.