Messages with false information about load-shedding have been doing the rounds.
One‚ which claims to be from Eskom‚ suggests that there will be no electricity in the country on Thursday from 6am to 12pm.
In a statement subsequently shared on Twitter‚ Eskom said these messages are “false and misleading“.
Eskom explained that load-shedding is a “measure of last resort” to “stabilise the system” and avoid a “total blackout“. It is controlled and managed “on a rotational basis” for periods of between two and four hours at a time.
https://twitter.com/Eskom–SA/status/1070409198264045568
Eskom has confirmed that load-shedding will be implemented today from 9am to 10pm “due to a shortage of capacity.”
https://twitter.com/Eskom–SA/status/1070561086204719104
