'Lockdown level 2, but stage 2 load-shedding. What an equaliser': SA gatvol of rolling blackouts

13 August 2020 - 09:13 By jessica levitt

Jessica Levitt Managing editor: digital

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Eskom has announced stage 2 load-shedding. Stock photo.
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Rolling blackouts across the country are back on Thursday after Eskom announced it would implement stage 2 load-shedding.

The power utility said there was a “high chance” it would increase load-shedding to stage 3 in the evening.

Eskom cited plant breakdowns as the reason and appealed to SA to use power sparingly.

After five months of lockdown, with SA having some of the harshest restrictions in the world, many took to Twitter to vent.

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We supply electricity to neighboring countries but we have to suffer with #Loadshedding pic.twitter.com/NCC0kHo5Hb
— Njabulo Era (@NjabuloEra23) August 13, 2020

The government likes selling us dreams. I remember when Ramaphosa said we would not have loadsheddibg during lockdown #Loadshedding pic.twitter.com/BpvVUH6nxm
— lenyora (@lenyoraThe1st) August 13, 2020

Lol the ANC failed dismally !!! Load shedding, corruption, unemployment, inequality!!! What have these guys done mara heh? Why are they still governing ? #Loadshedding
— James St Anderson (@JamesStAnderso1) August 13, 2020

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Stage 2#Loadshedding pic.twitter.com/BGO2pViwoT
— Sylvester Magwa (@NkosinatiMagwa) August 13, 2020

So #Level2 comes with Stage 2 #Loadshedding we’ll be drinking and smoking in the dark pic.twitter.com/Z13MCwh3o5
— MANDLA-M 🇿🇦 (@MandlaMhlanga_) August 13, 2020