Tag: Load Shedding

South Africans are bracing themselves for another winter of load shedding, adding to the structural problems that the country is already facing. The gloomy economic outlook seems to be exacerbated by the energy crisis, says Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, the Minister of Electricity. To avoid an increase in load shedding beyond stage 6, the minister has called […]

Eskom has forecasted a stage 5 minimum load shedding for most of the winter season and warns of a high possibility of stage 8 load shedding over July and August. Eskom’s chairman Mpho Makwana announced that their power system would be even more constrained this season due to cold weather and patterns of weather change […]

Eskom, the South African power utility, plans to start easing load shedding into the weekend, scaling back from stage 6 and introducing stages 1-4 load shedding over the weekend. Eskom has been struggling to keep unplanned outages below 17,000MW for some time, and the current generating capacity out of service for planned maintenance is 3,369MW. […]

With winter months approaching, solar owners in South Africa are starting to observe changes in the output of their systems. According to data from Matthew Cruise, the head of business intelligence and public relations at Hohm Energy, solar output decreases by more than 50% in the Western Cape, whereas, in Gauteng, it is largely unaffected. […]

The City of Cape Town reveals that Eskom, the country’s power utility provider, is causing massive energy instability in some instances following high levels of load shedding. The city reports that Eskom is over-shedding, then suddenly moves to a lower stage to prevent system instability, making it impossible to communicate timeously. The sudden changes necessitate […]

eThekwini Municipality has announced the end of Durban’s exemption from load-shedding from 25 May 2023, signalling an end to the relief offered after the catastrophic floods of April 2022. According to East Coast Radio, Eskom withdrew the relief after discussing the matter with the municipality. Durban residents were relieved from load-shedding to facilitate the repair […]

Eskom assures South Africans that the national electricity grid is not on the verge of collapsing, despite recent concerns raised on social media. These claims of an imminent blackout have been refuted by Eskom. The company stated confidently that measures have been put in place to prevent the collapse of the power system, with loadshedding […]

Power outages in South Africa are worsening day by day with insurance companies already changing their policies concerning power-related damages. Experts believe that the country is already on the brink of total blackout. In its recent announcement, Eskom implemented Stage 6 load shedding due to a failure in two generating units. Eskom has stated that […]

South Africa is currently facing a severe load shedding crisis, and the Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) has backed a proposal put forward by Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa to extend the service of aging coal-fired power plants. The plants were due to be decommissioned in line with the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2019, but this move […]

Eskom, South Africa’s electricity provider, announced on May 15, 2023 that stage 6 load shedding would begin an hour earlier than expected. This decision was made due to colder weather leading to an increase in electricity demand across the country. This demonstrates how vulnerable the country is to electricity supply and how it could get […]