JOHANNESBURG -midnight.
Stage 2 will kick in from midnight to 5am and then back to Stage 4 for much of Thursday.
WATCH: South Africans react to Stage 6 blackouts
Eskom says while some workers who embarked on a wildcat strike are back at work, there’s still a high level of absenteeism.
The protest followed a deadlock in wage talks.
WATCH: Stage 6 blackouts | How did we get here?
Unions will meet bosses again on Friday.
Stage 6 blackouts are underway until 10pm Wednesday evening, thereafter Stage 4 until Eskom is offering workers a 7% wage increase, after the utility lost units during illegal protests that plunged South Africa into the worst blackouts since 2019, according to people familiar with the matter. The offer is for one year, said the people who asked not to be identified because the information is not public. [better-ads][better-ads]
The utility is expected to table a revised wage offer then.
Eskom says acts of intimidation and workers staying home led to the need to implement Stage 6 power cuts.
