Eskom power stations collapse

Due to ageing equipment that has never been maintained, 4 Eskom power stations are now facing collapse.

From a Fin24 article with the headline "Load shedding expected until Thursday - due in part to a big electrical fault at Majuba power station", by Khulekani Magubane:

A fault at the Majuba power station in Mpumalanga, which put all four of its generating units out of action, has contributed to a return of load shedding - for the first time since 22 February.

Stage 1 load shedding will continue until 23:00 on Monday evening. Load shedding is expected until Thursday this week. 

Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha told Fin24 on Monday morning that the utility faced several challenges at four power stations over the weekend.

Mantshantsha said ageing infrastructure would continue to be a problem for Eskom, and would exacerbate the risk of load shedding for some time.

He said the ageing machinery at some stations was unreliable and unpredictable. As such, he concluded, South Africans must expect that they will have these problems that will lead to bouts of load shedding, often on short notice.

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