South Africa's Eskom has managed to restore eight units at power plants after implementing its highest stage of controlled power cuts early on Sunday, the power utility said after multiple failures at Majuba and Camden power stations over the weekend.

Power was abruptly cut to large parts of South Africa Sunday and the national energy provider announced days of power blackouts in Africa's most

The South African company Eskom has activated stage 6 - the highest stage of controlled power outages, Azernews reports.

National energy regulator Nersa has approved structural changes to Eskom’s tariffs under the utility’s new Retail Tariff Plan (RTP). The changes will see electricity bills for low to moderate home users increase due to higher fixed charges, while average and above-average users should be paying slightly less.

Measure ‘essential’ and taken to also ‘replenish emergency reserves and prepare for the week ahead,’ says Eskom

Regular breakdowns at Eskom’s fleet of ageing coal-fired plants, providing the bulk of electricity to the economy, are often the cause of load shedding — an incremental system where stage 1 sees 1GW cut from the system, with stage 6 the highest officially implemented to date. — Wendell Roelf, (c) 2025 Reuters