Navigating the South African Energy Crisis: Balancing Green Goals with a Secure Energy Supply

South Africa’s energy crisis has been met with a commitment to reduce emissions and transition to a greener economy. However, this plan must include stable electricity supply. That’s according to Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, who answered questions in Parliament’s National Council of Provinces on Tuesday afternoon. Ramokgopa reassured members that his proposed delay of the […]

The Difference Between Load Shedding and Load Curtailment

South Africa continues to battle with widespread power outages due to Eskom’s load shedding schedules. Eskom recently implemented stage 6 load shedding, but there are reports that the state-owned electricity supplier may have technically hit stages 7 and 8. However, load curtailment is preventing Eskom from moving past stage 6 – for the time being. […]

How Load Shedding in Tshwane Affects Water Supply and Infrastructure

The Ongoing Struggle with Load Shedding Load shedding, particularly at stage 6, has become a major concern for the City of Tshwane. The area’s electricity infrastructure is under tremendous stress, and officials are sounding the alarm. The Unintended Consequences of Load Shedding Themba Fosi, the MMC for utilities and regional operations and coordination, warns that […]

Beyond Stage 8 Load Shedding: What Happens if Power Crisis Continues to Worsen

South African electricity provider, Eskom, has ramped up load shedding to Stage 6 indefinitely this week. With nearly half of Eskom’s generation capacity currently offline due to breakdowns, experts predict that customers may eventually experience up to Stage 10 load shedding this winter. South Africa is currently experiencing an over 6,000MW deficit according to independent […]

South Africa’s Power Shortages Threaten Global Platinum Markets

South Africa’s power supply crisis may have far-reaching consequences for the global platinum market, warns a new industry report prepared for Singapore-based Auctus Metal Portfolios. If power outages in the country continue and disrupt production, the impact on platinum production may be catastrophic. South Africa produces 73% of the world’s platinum, so any profound decline […]

Load Shedding Exemption Calls for Generators at Schools and Hospitals Could Cost Taxpayers Millions

Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse CEO Duvenage highlights costly repercussions of preventing load sheddingSouth African citizens are facing an uncertain time as a ruling by the North Gauteng High Court has ordered that hospitals, schools and police stations be spared from load shedding, threatening the provision of regular electricity supply across the country and severely impacting […]