ZESA has just announced that due to power shortages in South Africa, they will be implementing stage 2 load shedding today. Eskom, South Africa’s power utility has advised South Africans in certain cities that they will be subjected to load-shedding from 9 am to 11 pm.

ZESA has said that this power deficit in South Africa will lead to reduced power imports. To protect the national grid they will be going back to stage 2 where we are subjected to 18 hours without power. It is not clear how long this will last.

#PowerAlert

The Eskom alert will affect Power Imports. As such load shedding will be implemented at Stage 2 today.@GwasiraFullard @NewsDayZimbabwe @HeraldZimbabwe https://t.co/j8JrZk4anY
— ZETDC (@ZetdcOfficial) October 16, 2019

October had begun well

The power situation had improved somewhat ever since the country reached a deal with Mozambique and more units came online at Hwange. This saw load-shedding going down do around 12 hours for most people now it seems we are going back to the stone ages from whence we came. October had started on a better note.

This is sad especially given the fact that people are now paying more for electricity.