Eskom to restart rolling blackouts

South African power utility Eskom will implement rolling blackouts from 8 a.m.-10 p.m. (0600-2000 GMT) on Saturday, the fifth consecutive day of power cuts to hit Africa's most developed economy.

Eskom said on its Twitter feed that it would restart controlled outages at "Stage 2", which means it has to reduce 2,000 megawatts from the grid as it tries to meet consumer demand of around 30,000 MW.

Cash-strapped Eskom said it would use the weekend to build up diesel reserves and dam water levels it could use for power generation next week.