Tag: News

Power Crisis: Franchise Sector on Thin Ice It’s a bleak outlook for the franchise industry in South Africa, as the power crisis exacerbates an already challenging operating environment. Freddy Makgato, CEO of the Franchise Association of South Africa (Fasa), has raised the alarm, warning that the current state of affairs, plagued by electricity woes, is […]

The Chill Arrives: Winter Sweeps Gauteng As the winter chill starts to grip Gauteng, residents are being urged to bundle up with their warmest blankets. Gauteng Weather has forecasted near-freezing temperatures in Johannesburg, kicking off a winter season that promises to be particularly icy. The weather service sent out a chilling warning this past Saturday […]

Winde’s Call to Action at Presidential Imbizo At the sixth Presidential Imbizo held in Paarl just outside Cape Town, Western Cape Premier Alan Winde used the platform to challenge President Cyril Ramaphosa. Winde drew attention to the province’s most urgent issues, including the energy crisis and unemployment. The Premier captured the mood of the gathering, […]

The Unexpected Shock: Electrocution at Substation Late on Friday, 19th May, the energy crisis in Roodepoort took an unforeseen turn when an unidentified individual got electrocuted at a substation. Reportedly, the person, now hospitalised, was messing with the substation’s equipment at the time of the incident. Unusual End to Load Shedding Brings More Darkness Typically, […]

The Government’s Pledge to Renewable Energy As South Africa grapples with a daunting load shedding crisis, a silver lining emerges in the form of the government’s determined drive to fast-track renewable energy projects. Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment Minister, Barbara Creecy, shed light on this matter during the Department’s 2023/24 budget vote session in Parliament. […]

Tshwane mayor Cilliers Brink announced that the City will propose the allocation of R1 billion for electricity and water infrastructure in the budget for the 2023/24 financial year. This move is aimed at reducing the City’s dependence on Eskom and will prioritize replacing aged water infrastructure. But Brink believes this is just the beginning, and […]

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 […]