Tight power supply expected this weekend says Eskom

Power supply on Friday and the weekend was expected to be constrained, Eskom said on Thursday.

"We are concerned about tomorrow [Friday] and into the weekend... we must warn of a possible shortfall, but we will provide updates to the public," spokesman Andrew Etzinger said.

Although the system was under strain, no load shedding was planned for Thursday, he said.

Areas currently experiencing power cuts would be due to faults at a local level and not due to Eskom's generating capacity.