Eskom to cut power to ease strained grid

South Africa's Eskom will cut 2,000 megawatts of electricity from 1400 GMT to 2000 GMT on Wednesday, the power utility said on its official Twitter account.

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25 Mar 2015, 2:06 pm

JOHANNESBURG, March 25 (Reuters) – South Africa's Eskom will cut 2,000 megawatts of electricity from 1400 GMT to 2000 GMT on Wednesday, the power utility said on its official Twitter account.

"Any additional changes on the already vulnerable and constrained power system could lead to a change," the state-owned utility said without elaborating.

South Africans face frequent power cuts which the struggling Eskom implements to prevent the national grid from being overwhelmed as Africa's most advanced economy faces its worst energy crisis since 2008.

1/3: We regret to announce that stage 2 #load_shedding will be implemented from 16:00 to 22:00 tonight.
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) March 25, 2015

2/3: Any additional changes on the already vulnerable and constrained power system could lead to a change in the stage at short notice.
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) March 25, 2015

3/3: We assure you that load shedding is implemented as a last resort to protect the power system. We will only load shed what is required.
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) March 25, 2015

(Reporting by Peroshni Govender; Editing by James Macharia)

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