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As if load shedding in South Africa couldn’t get any worse, Eskom implemented Stage 7 rolling power cuts without announcing it publicly. The power utility shed over 7,000 MW worth of electricity from the grid, despite classifying the load shedding status only as “Stage 6 and load shedding curtailment Stage 4”. Eskom denied this on […]

Eskom, South Africa’s power utility, has released its weekend load-shedding schedule, which is expected to have little relief from the ongoing power cuts. Stage 6 load-shedding will persist, two 11-hour periods of stage 4 and stage 5, scheduled as follows: According to Eskom, the load-shedding remains a necessity due to a demand-supply gap in the […]

At the South Africa Investment Conference on Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa promised solutions to address the crisis of loadshedding in the short term. He acknowledged the negative impact of irregular and insufficient electricity supply on businesses, consumer confidence, and investment decisions. The government plans to improve the performance of existing coal-fired power stations which provide […]

The Western Cape provincial government has set aside R60 million to provide essential load shedding emergency kits to thousands of indigent households ahead of winter. The aim is to ease the impact of load shedding on the most vulnerable communities during colder months. Premier Winde has announced that the kits would consist of rechargeable lights, […]

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 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 […]