As of Wednesday November 8, the country has endured 300 days of load shedding, and by 7pm, this amounted to a total of 6,215 hours, according to data compiled by independent data publication ...

The South African cinema industry is still struggling to recover attendance levels after the Covid-19 pandemic. Load shedding is an added difficulty for the local industry. Ster-Kinekor has spent big ...

EFF leader Julius Malema has slammed President Cyril Ramaphosa for his ‘man-made’ load shedding, questioning how the lights were able to stay on throughout the Rugby World Cup, but power cuts ...

Eskom has spent R5.92 billion in Open Cycle Gas Turbines (OCGTs) over the past six months, from 1 April to 3 October 2024, in a bid to stop load shedding. This amount is approximately 66% (R11.51 ...

It is a remarkable turnaround. Load-shedding began in 2007, reaching a low last year with power cuts often lasting more than half a day. This year it was expected to get worse.

Eskom has suspended load shedding until further notice. Image: iStock Lights will be staying on a little longer, seemingly setting the pricey tone as Eskom’s tariff hike takes effect.

Load shedding has plunged South Africans into darkness more regularly over the last few years, making lighting alternatives, including candles and torches, more popular. South Africa first experienced ...

It said electrical equipment such as lights, TVs, decoders, Wi-Fi routers, and fridges would be able to function during load-shedding. However, it added that it would disconnect power to a ...

In stage 12 load-shedding and lower, every load-shedding session has some form of break where power will be available. However, stages 13 to 16 combine six and eight-hour slots into 14 or 16-hour ...

Eskom was forced to push load shedding to stage 5 on Monday as pressure mounted on the grid. Load shedding has been reduced to stage 4, but is sticking to that level indefinitely.

This year it was expected to get worse. But now there has been no load-shedding for more than four months - since 05:00 on 26 March to be precise - the longest break in more than four years.