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Eskom to temporarily suspend power cuts on Sunday

JOHANNESBURG - Rolling blackouts will be temporarily suspended on Sunday.

Unexpected recovery in generation capacity over the past 48 hours will see power cuts reduced to Stage 1 from 5am on Saturday.

This will increase to Stage 2 from 4pm.

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But on Sunday, the power utility expects to suspend blackouts altogether between 5am and 4pm.

Eskom says this is due to lower-than-expected demand.

Alternating Stage 1 and 2 schedules are expected for most of next week.

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