Johannesburg – Power utility Eskom has been forced to implement stage 4 loadshedding on Tuesday.
Eskom said units at the Majuba and Tutuka power stations have tripped, forcing the power utility to implement stage 4 blackouts.
Stage 2, which has been in place since Sunday, was supposed to end early on Wednesday.
Regretfully, Eskom has just been forced to implement Stage 4 loadshedding at 07:20 following Majuba Unit 5 and Tutuka Unit 4 tripping. A full statement will be published in due course.
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) April 19, 2022
