Month: May 2023

South Africa’s electricity crisis has been a hot topic for some time, with many South Africans feeling the stress of prolonged periods of load shedding. Recently, energy expert Chris Yelland from EE Business Intelligence highlighted another concern: the potential problem of political interference within Eskom’s System Operator. The seaside town of Port Alfred, home to […]

South Africa is currently facing a major electricity crisis, and the situation does not look like it will improve any time soon. According to a recent media briefing, the Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, announced that Stage 6 load shedding will continue indefinitely due to significant strain on the system. […]

South Africans will breathe a sigh of relief after Eskom announced it intends to reduce load shedding this weekend due to lower demand. Load shedding, which is the controlled power cuts implemented by power utility Eskom to avoid a total shut down of the power system, have been a significant problem for the country. The previous […]

South Africa’s electricity supply has been plagued with rolling blackouts known as load shedding due to decades of underinvestment and mismanagement of the public utility Eskom. However, according to the official source, SAnews.gov.za, all hands are on deck to ensure the severity and frequency of load shedding is reduced in the immediate term and eventually […]

Questions surrounding the energy crisis in South Africa were addressed by President Cyril Ramaphosa during a parliamentary hearing in Cape Town on Thursday. One of the central topics was Public Enterprise Minister Pravin Gordhan’s appeal against the Pretoria High Court’s recent decision to exempt schools, hospitals, and police stations from load shedding. The court had […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa assured the public that the South African government is committed to resolving the electricity crisis by taking a series of measures to tackle load-shedding in his latest address to parliament. Speaking during a question and answer session, the president rejected claims that his government has failed in its attempt to address the […]

South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, recently confirmed that a new national standards document proposes providing load-shedding schedules up to Stage 16. Eskom says it aims to prevent grid collapse should load-shedding beyond Stage 8 become necessary. However, there are some practical limitations on industrial plants. This news comes amid growing concern over Eskom’s recent peak […]

South Africans have once again been warned of a possible electricity crisis, as the country’s power utility, Eskom, appears to be on the brink of implementing Stage 7 load-shedding. The peak supply and demand figures of the power utility indicate a bleak picture. What is Stage 7 Load-Shedding? Load-shedding is an unfortunate reality in South […]

Today, on World Facilities Management Day, the Facilities Management profession is celebrated for ensuring that an organisation’s facilities remain healthy, safe, and productive. The City of Cape Town recognises the department’s hard work that has gone into providing generators and inverters across various City facilities. The City’s Facilities Management Department has been successful in the […]

According to energy expert Anton Eberhard, South Africa has shattered the record of last year’s power outages in its first four months of 2023. The situation is expected to worsen this winter, with bleak forecasts suggesting higher stages of load-shedding required. The state-owned electricity supplier, Eskom, is already suffering from an energy availability factor (EAF) […]