By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Residents in the eThekwini Municipality will begin to experience load shedding from next month. The country has been experiencing rolling blackouts from Stage 2 up to Stage 6 following an unprotected strike by employees at the power utility. However, the eThekwini Municipality has not experienced power cuts as it did not have the sufficient megawatt capacity. This after severe damage caused to key infrastructure during the April floods. Head of eThekwini Electricity, Maxwell Mthembu says consultations are underway with Eskom to put new load shedding schedules in place - without causing further damage to the infrastructure. Mthembu says some substations will, however, still be exempt from load shedding, especially in the south of the city...

<p>By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Residents in the eThekwini Municipality will begin to experience load shedding from next month. The country has been experiencing rolling blackouts from Stage 2 up to Stage 6 following an unprotected strike by employees at the power utility. However, the eThekwini Municipality has not experienced power cuts as it did not have the sufficient megawatt capacity. This after severe damage caused to key infrastructure during the April floods. Head of eThekwini Electricity, Maxwell Mthembu says consultations are underway with Eskom to put new load shedding schedules in place - without causing further damage to the infrastructure. Mthembu says some substations will, however, still be exempt from load shedding, especially in the south of the city...</p>

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