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No more load-shedding expected for the rest of the week: Eskom

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After days of rolling blackouts, Eskom said on Thursday afternoon there was enough generation capacity to keep the lights on for the remainder of the week.

The power utility has returned four generation units to service, bringing online an additional 1,500MW of capacity to ease pressure on the strained system.

 

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