Roundup: Power outages hurt South Africa's economy

JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Eskom, South Africa's national power company, announced Wednesday afternoon that the stage 4 load shedding would continue to be implemented until 05:00 on Thursday morning, and then be reduced to stage 3 until 05:00 on Saturday.

Meanwhile, a two-day Green Energy Africa Summit held at the Cape Town International Convention Center further put the spotlight on the country's power shortage problem which is considered a major factor of economic downturn in South Africa.