Month: June 2023

At the annual Black Business Summit held in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe assured black business leaders and the nation that the cloud of loadshedding will lift before the next year’s elections. Loadshedding: A Fading Nightmare Gwede Mantashe, who also serves as the chairman of the governing ANC, confidently suggested […]

The power giant, Eskom, is bringing some respite to the South African public this coming weekend with an adjustment in load shedding schedules. They’ve announced a temporary halt in outages for the majority of the daytime hours. The Weekend’s Load Shedding Outlook Here’s how the load shedding is planned to pan out: Friday, 30 June […]

The Driving Factor In the wake of an eye-popping 18.65% increase permitted by the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) for the new financial year, City of Johannesburg mayoral committee member for finance, Dada Morero, pins the recent tariff surge in Johannesburg mainly on Eskom’s tariff hike. Morero conducted a workshop on Wednesday to delve […]

After three weeks of suspended daytime load shedding, South Africa has witnessed a significant influence on its load shedding trendline, contributing to more optimistic long-term trend data. Independent energy analyst, Pieter Jordaan, has shed light on these developments in his recent Power Availability Statistics report for the 25th week of the year. From Blackout Hours […]

Eskom Reinstates Daytime Load Shedding Eskom, South Africa’s power utility, has announced that load shedding will make an unwelcome return during daytime hours for the rest of the week, citing delays in reinstating units into service that have constrained available capacity. Until 16h00 on Wednesday, Eskom will enforce stage 2 load shedding, before escalating to […]

Eskom’s Load Shedding Escalation Eskom, South Africa’s leading power utility, has announced that setbacks in reinstating generating units will result in an amplified load shedding regime on Wednesday (28 June). This is a consequence of an electricity generation shortfall the utility is grappling with. The company’s revised load shedding plan will usher in stage 2 […]

Turning the Diplomatic Tide President Cyril Ramaphosa’s strategic efforts to dissociate South Africa from perceived alliances with Russia are starting to yield results, bringing a reprieve for the beleaguered rand, as the focus shifts towards the world market trends over local tribulations like persistent load-shedding. The cloud of uncertainty over the potential grid collapse and […]

Eskom’s Conditional Emission Reprieve The National Air Quality Officer (NAQO) has awarded Eskom a respite to meet the Minimum Emission Standards (MES) at Kusile Power Station, albeit under rigid conditions. As disclosed by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), the delay extends from 5 June 2023 to 31 March 2025. “The postponement […]

EAF Improvement Ushers Load Shedding Respite Despite the burgeoning electricity demand, South Africa’s power behemoth, Eskom, is managing to restrain load shedding severity due to the rise in the Energy Availability Factor (EAF), declared Electricity Minister, Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, in a virtual press conference on Sunday. The EAF indicator is marching towards the aspirational 70% […]

Load Shedding: Eskom’s Weekly Plan Eskom, South Africa’s primary electricity supplier, recently unveiled its load shedding program for the upcoming week. Notably, daytime power supply will continue uninterrupted. The utility company stated it would commence stage 3 load shedding at 16:00 today, 25th June, lasting till midnight. The blackout protocol would then be suspended from […]