Eskom has announced that South Africans will face stage 2 loadshedding from midday Friday until Sunday evening, following the forced shutdown of generating units at the Medupi Power Station.

The spokesperson of Eskom, Sikonathi Mantshantsha said: “Load shedding has been exacerbated by the forced shutdown of five generation units at the Medupi power station as a result of the inability to get coal into the unit due to the heavy rains in the Lephalale area last night.” He added, “The area experienced 65mm of rain, which added to the constraints caused by the heavy rains due to cyclone storm Eloise over the past two weeks.”

The power utility warned the country that the system remains unpredictable.