The threat of load shedding looms over the collective head ... In summer the system needs 30 000MW to keep the lights on. This increases to 35 000MW in winter. If it is short of megawatts Eskom ...

After keeping the lights on for a record run last year, challenges at Medupi, Camden and Majuba power stations dealt Eskom a blow to its clean slate. Stage 6 load shedding took the country by ...