Load Shedding

Load-shedding negatively affects many sectors throughout South Africa and contributes significantly to the rapidly declining economy. Eskom’s planned power outages cripple the community's most vulnerable members, educational institutes, agricultural sectors, domestic and international tourism...

The South African national power utility, Eskom, states that load-shedding is both a legal requirement and a controlled way to ensure the national power system remains stable in the event of major incidents. Load-shedding...