The City of Cape Town says that it has activated its Disaster Management Centre.
Cape Town has another plan to try and push back against the damaging effects of Eskom's failings and criminality.
Construction on the first energy storage facility under Eskom’s flagship Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project has begun.
South Africans may pay less for fuel than other countries but are generally paying a larger part of their income on petrol.
South Africa's economic hub has taken steps to best prepare for an onslaught of inconveniences for everyday South Africans.
Eskom delays taking Koeberg offline so it can try stabilise the grid.
Eskom could implement stage 7 load shedding; independent study finds dangerous levels of E.coli in Durban; construction begins on a massive telescope in the Karoo; and Chris Hani's killer is now out on parole.
Eskom says stage 6 load shedding will be around for a few days.
With Eskom a day out from pulling 1,000MW from the grid, stage 6 load shedding could escalate further.
Eskom has been hit my a large number of breakdowns since midnight.