Load shedding: The Eskom crisis
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Four major cities in South Africa have suffered power cuts due to a huge loss in output after a coal storage silo collapsed.
Yesterday, blackouts were reported in Johannesburg, South Africa's economic capital, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town, and could run through the whole week, the state-owned power supplier Eskom said. Eskom lost 1,800 megawatts due to a loss of capacity at its Majuba power station in Mpumalanga due to a crack in a silo that held more than 10,000 tonnes of coal on Saturday.
Yesterday, blackouts were reported in Johannesburg, South Africa's economic capital, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town, and could run through the whole week, the state-owned power supplier Eskom said. Eskom lost 1,800 megawatts due to a loss of capacity at its Majuba power station in Mpumalanga due to a crack in a silo that held more than 10,000 tonnes of coal on Saturday.
