Tag: Eskom

Load-shedding, a method of power reduction used by Eskom, has been a frequent occurrence in South Africa. It has severely affected essential services, including hospitals, police stations, and schools. In response, nineteen organisations, such as civil society organisations, trade unions, and political parties, have taken legal action to exempt these critical sectors from rotational power […]

In a recent article published on the Daily Maverick website, author Christo van der Rheede highlights the devastating impact that rolling blackouts have had on South Africa’s agriculture sector and its potential impact on food security. While load shedding has affected every sector of the economy, agriculture has been hit particularly hard, with numerous commodities […]

South Africa’s second-largest mobile network, MTN, has revealed that load-shedding cost the company R695 million in 2022. MTN Group’s annual results showed that the national grid’s power availability worsened in the second half of the year, negatively impacting MTN’s operating conditions. The company estimates that the load-shedding’s overall impact resulted in a negative impact of […]

Eskom, the primary electricity supplier in South Africa, has announced that it will implement Stage 4 load shedding from 16:00 today, Friday 10th March, until 16:00 on Monday 13th March. This will be followed by Stage 5 load shedding, which will be in place until 05:00 on Tuesday 14th March. Eskom has explained that the […]

South Africa has been struggling with power outages for several years now, with Eskom, the state-owned power utility, struggling to meet the country’s electricity demand. Recently, Vally Padayachee from the NRS Association of South Africa has warned that the country could experience even higher levels of load-shedding than the current Stage 8 if necessary steps […]

According to Eskom board chairperson Mpho Makwana, it’s going to take 18 months to two years to fix load shedding in South Africa. Makwana emphasized that there is no “shortcut” and that everyone in South Africa needs to play a role in reducing demand. These comments come shortly after newly appointed Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa […]

Load shedding, a crisis that has long plagued South Africa, has reached its worst level ever, with Eskom imposing blackouts every day this year to protect the national grid from collapsing. The South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has been seeking private businesses to help capacitate the National Energy Crisis Committee (Necom) to tackle this issue. […]

South Africans have been grappling with frequent power outages, known as load shedding, for several years now. The situation reached crisis levels in 2020, when the country experienced more than 200 days of power cuts, and it has continued into this year, with a continuous stretch of 68 days so far. In a recent interview […]

As South Africa looks to solar energy as a solution to load shedding, scammers and criminals are finding ways to take advantage. Recently, the City of Tshwane issued a warning to residents of scammers posing as city representatives rolling out a new solar initiative. These scammers, pretending to be contractors in a City of Tshwane […]

South Africa’s ongoing load shedding woes have continued to wreak havoc on the country’s business confidence in the first quarter of 2023. The RMB/BER Business Confidence Index (BCI), released recently, recorded a decline from 38 in the fourth quarter to 36 in the first quarter of 2023. This decline is a consequence of load shedding, […]