Eskom says that its systems are under severe strain, and that any further deterioration to its generating units will force the power utility to implement load shedding once again.The group has been hit by generating unit trips over the last few days, where at one stage eight units were offline simultaneously.Six units have since been

Checking your daily load shedding schedule can help you prepare for the rotational cuts that has recently been reimplemented by Eskom.Load shedding update: Eskom implements Stage 2 load shedding on Thursday 20 August 2020.Load shedding has made an ominous return. South Africans were spared the brunt of Eskom’s glaringly obvious ineptitudes over the lockdown period,

South Africa’s power supply problems appear as if they’re here to stay | © Matthew Henry / UnsplashThe term ‘load shedding’ is right up there with South African slang like ‘bakkie’, ‘braai’ and ‘robot’ when it comes to eliciting strange looks from travellers. But what is it and why is it affecting South Africa?Unfortunately, unlike

A new round of rolling power blackouts plunged South Africa into darkness on Tuesday as the country was struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite a drop in demand due to the COVID-19 lockdown, Eskom has implemented three rounds of load shedding since the COVID-19 outbreak in early March. State-run Eskom said it implemented the latest