Ammon News - South Africa's Eskom implemented its highest stage of controlled power cuts, Stage 6, early on Sunday, the power utility said in a statement after multiple units at Camden power station tripped.

On Saturday Eskom applied Stage 3 power cuts, effectively cutting 3,000 megawatts to the national grid.

Regular breakdowns at Eskom's fleet of ageing coal-fired plants, providing the bulk of electricity in Africa's most industrialised economy, are often the cause of loadshedding - an incremental system where stage 1 sees 1,000 MW cut from the system, with stage 6 the highest implemented to date. Reuters