South Africa's Eskom has managed to restore eight units at power plants after implementing its highest stage of controlled power cuts early on Sunday, the power utility said after multiple failures at Majuba and Camden power stations over the weekend.

Power was abruptly cut to large parts of South Africa Sunday and the national energy provider announced days of power blackouts in Africa's most

Power was cut to large parts of South Africa Sunday as the national energy provider announced days of rolling power blackouts in Africa's most industrialised nation. Eskom supplies most of South Africa's power needs and about 20 percent of power used elsewhere in Africa,

Regular breakdowns at Eskom’s fleet of ageing coal-fired plants, providing the bulk of electricity to the economy, are often the cause of load shedding — an incremental system where stage 1 sees 1GW cut from the system, with stage 6 the highest officially implemented to date. — Wendell Roelf, (c) 2025 Reuters

South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, has announced that it will cut 3,000 megawatts of power in controlled outages, known locally as load-shedding, from 5:30 pm (15:30 GMT) on Saturday until further notice,