Month: April 2023

South Africa recently suffered another bout of load shedding, this time at Stage 6, as Eskom struggles to cope with an increasingly fragile system. Despite its previous system report indicating that the situation had stabilised, the power company subsequently announced higher stages of load shedding would continue until further notice. Eskom blames the increased demand […]

South Africa is facing a potential crisis when it comes to electricity supply. According to energy expert Clyde Mallison, the country could see up to stage 9 load shedding if the weather turns into a cold snap. Eskom, the country’s national power supplier, is already struggling to keep the lights on, and with winter approaching, […]

South Africans have once again been plunged into darkness as Eskom announced an all-day stage 6 load shedding until further notice. The move is due to a further breakdown of generating capacity at Medupi power station, which has exacerbated an already critical situation. Load shedding will be pushed to stage 6 from 16h00 this afternoon […]

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has warned South Africans to prepare for an exceptionally difficult winter with higher stages of load shedding. Speaking in Pretoria, Ramokgopa said that Eskom needed about 66,000 megawatts to bridge the gap between demand and supply. He warned that the unpredictability of the country’s fragile grid, coupled with high demand, was […]

Johannesburg City Power (JCP) is facing a shortage of materials due to high demands of repairs caused by load shedding in South Africa. This shortage is making it difficult for JCP to repair faulty cables and mini substations. According to Isaac Mangena, spokesperson for JCP, the company has received 1,549 outage calls by the start […]

A new report by the Township Entrepreneurs Alliance (TEA) and Nedbank Insights has found that load shedding has impacted almost two-thirds of township businesses, resulting in job losses and the threat of closure. The study revealed that 64% of small township businesses had stopped operations during load shedding, with almost 66% of business owners cutting […]

Parts of the Tshwane area remain without electricity following the collapse of electrical pylons on the N4 on Sunday night. The collapse of the 132kv powerlines has resulted in a power outage affecting large parts of Pretoria East and North. This is an unfortunate continuity of the recurring power outages that South Africans have to […]

South Africans are in for another round of power outages as Eskom has announced an increase in load-shedding to stage 3 from 17:00 on Monday until 16:00 on Tuesday. The power cuts will then escalate to stage 5, which will persist until 05:00 on Wednesday. The move is due to 7,215MW of generation capacity that […]

Eskom just announced that load shedding will be suspended once again for an 11-hour period on Monday. This is due to a decrease in demand for electricity over the Easter weekend, which allowed the power utility to provide uninterrupted power supply to users. However, Eskom has promised to provide more updates if there’s any significant […]

Load shedding has become a major issue in South Africa, causing power outages for hours at a time. While the impact on businesses and homes has been extensively documented, it’s important to not overlook the impact that load shedding is having on education and schools in South Africa. The impact of load shedding on education […]