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South Africa: Eskom Shelves Load-Shedding Plans
CAJ News, 3 November 2014
Eskom, the South African power utility, said it had no plans of load shedding as additional units had been returned from maintenance. Read more »
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South Africa: Collapsed Silo Leads to Power Cuts
SAPA, 2 November 2014
Load shedding occurred on Sunday to ensure South Africa's power grid did not suffer a black-out, Eskom said. Read more »
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South Africa: Eskom - From Crack to Collapse, SA's Power in Peril
Daily Maverick, 3 November 2014
South Africa's power utility announced stage two load-shedding on Sunday after a coal silo "cracked" at the Majuba power station. Instead of cracking, South Africa's power system… Read more »
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South Africa: Eskom to Implement Load Shedding From Sunday
SAnews.gov.za, 2 November 2014
Power utility Eskom says the power system is projected to be severely constrained due to the loss of 1 800 MW at the Majuba power station on Saturday. Read more »
South Africa: Collapsed Silo Leads to Power Cuts
The collapse of a coal silo at Majbuba power station has constrained the country's electrical grid, forcing Eskom to institute load shedding to avoid potential blackouts.
One of the coal silos at the Majuba Power Station in Mpumalanga, which has collapsed. Eskom had originally said a silo was "cracked" before this image emerged on social media. The collapse led to a series of planned blackouts which the electricity provider refers to as load shedding.
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