South African Power Cuts Return as Eskom Says It Faces Setback

South Africa’s state electricity utility will resume power cuts citing “another temporary setback,” raising suspicions as to whether a turnaround in its performance was sustainable.

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. will take 3,000 megawatts offline from 5:30 p.m. on Saturday it said in a post on X. The utility will provide an update on Sunday, it said. Eskom did not disclose a reason for resuming the rationing of power.