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South African Load Shedding: Impact on Daily Life and How to Adapt

South African load shedding: WHAT EVEN IS STAGE TEN LOAD SHEDDING? South Africa has only ever gone as far as Stage 6 load shedding. Previously, the highest possible load shedding phase was Stage 8, which would see 12-hour blackouts across the country. Stage 10 load shedding promises to be even more crippling than that, leaving […]

Electricity Utility Eskom and Home power backup systems

Electricity utility Eskom:  Home power backup systems – electrical engineers answer your questions South Africa’s electricity utility Eskom has made it clear that “load shedding” – rolling scheduled power cuts – isn’t going to end any time soon. This reality, and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement during his annual state of the nation speech on 9 […]