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.

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

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.

Eskom has downgraded load shedding from Stage 4 to Stage 2 from Tuesday. "This decision follows the successful recovery of eight out of ten generation units and the restoration of 3 808MW from units that tripped over the weekend,

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,

South Africa's brief respite from power cuts ends as Eskom implements Stage 6 load shedding following multiple generation unit failures at major power stations. Energy Minister Ramokgopa apologises to the nation and addresses sabotage speculation.

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