UPDATE
It’s been upgraded to “definitely” now, with stage 2 from 21:00 this evening until 06:00 tomorrow.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Making the same boring excuses about a “power system under stress”, South Africa’s Voted Worst Since 2005 utility company has confirmed a “risk” of loadshedding tonight, which means you should totally start charging your phones.
According to its announcement on Twitter, maintenance problems and limited generating capacity have prompted the first potential loadshedding cycle of 2020, and customers are reminded to use cold water taps instead of hot water taps to help reduce gross management incompetence and corruption.
#PowerAlert 1
Date: 30 January 2020Power system tight and risk of loadshedding in the evening @SABCNewsOnline @IOL @eNCA @ewnupdates @News24 @SowetanLIVE @SAgovnews @TheSAnews pic.twitter.com/EntnOdv4P6
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) January 30, 2020
Just when I thought it was safe to reset the clock on my oven.