South Africa’s Eskom ramps up power cuts as plants break down

South Africa’s state power utility Eskom said on Wednesday it would implement “Stage 6” scheduled power cuts until further notice, putting further strain on people and businesses already grappling with the worst outages on record.

The utility, which operates an ageing fleet of faulty coal-fired power stations, said it was increasing the level of power cuts due to breakdowns at some of its plants.

Eskom has struggled to meet electricity demand in Africa’s most industrialised nation for more than a decade.

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