Very COOL and snowy weather expected in parts of SA

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EASTERN CAPE - Following the cold front weather alert issued by the South African Weather Service (SAWS) for today, the "cool" weather is expected to persist across the country. According to the SAWS, the Weather forecast for  21 May 2025 will be cloudy in the south, otherwise partly cloudy cold to cool with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, except in the north-eastern parts.  Snow is possible on the mountain peaks in the Eastern Cape, disruptive snowfall, damaging winds and waves. Citizens across the country are urged to be cautious and avoid hazardous areas. This is a developing story.
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Eskom announces Stage 3 loadshedding until Monday

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GAUTENG - Eskom has announced that Stage 3 loadshedding will be implemented from today at 14:00 until Monday, 10 March 2025 at 05:00. 

This decision comes after a loss of 2700MW in the past 14 hours. This includes Koeberg Unit 2, which was taken offline after being brought back on Wednesday, and two Kusile Units whose coal operations went sub-optimal following adverse weather in the area. Higher levels of planned maintenance outages, aimed at winter preparation and meeting regulatory and environmental licensing requirements are still underway.

The constrained capacity resulted in the increased reliance on emergency reserves during this week, which makes it necessary to focus on replenishing these critical resources during the weekend in preparation for the business week.

Eskom is focused on deploying extra engineering resources to expedite the repair of units currently offline. It is anticipated that 6200MW will be restored to service by Monday’s evening peak.

The events that triggered Stage 3 loadshedding occurred while the system was already under strain.

Eskom’s Summer Outlook, published on 26 August 2024, remains unchanged.

“We reiterate our commitment to ensuring that South Africa is in no way returning to the levels of loadshedding that we experienced in 2023.  Two years into delivering the generation recovery plan, that will bring an end loadshedding, we are at a challenging time and the full force of our highly skilled engineering resources are deployed and focussed,” said Eskom’s Group Executive Generation, Bheki Nxumalo.

“We have had some delays in returning units that previously tripped back to the grid, as well as to the return of three units that have been on longer-term outage that will bring back 2500MW to the grid, which will happen over the coming weeks,” said the Eskom’s Group Executive for Generation, Bheki Nxumalo.

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