The Eskom Board and Management have taken a decision to suspend the managers of the Tutuka and Kendal power stations, in the aftermath of stage 4 loadshedding. The Eskom board has come out stronglly against the implementation of Stage 4, saying the level of failures at power stations are unexpectedly high.

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Liesl Smit
Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

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Eskom will reduce load-shedding to Stage 3 starting at 08:00 (Friday morning) until 10pm. Load-shedding will continue into the weekend. Eskom teams have successfully returned a generation unit each at Tutuka, Matla, Majuba and the Camden power stations. However, two other units suffered breakdowns during the period.
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