South Africa's Eskom: power to be tight in next few days

Electricity pylons carry power from Cape Town's Koeberg nuclear power plant July 17, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings·Reuters· (Reuters)

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African power utility Eskom said on Monday it expects supply to be tight in the next few days due to outages on some of its units. "Air-conditioning load is also expected to increase from tomorrow due to warm weather conditions forecasted," Eskom said in a statement.

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