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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) […]

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 […]

South Africa has been grappling with load shedding for a long time, and there seems to be no end in sight. Eskom’s low Energy Availability Factor (EAF) at power stations, responsible for over 80% of electricity generation, is one of the significant contributors to the electricity crisis. To resolve this crisis, improving Eskom’s EAF is […]

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 […]