Solar Strong - SW

It's official: Power price hike of almost 19% confirmed for April, despite Ramaphosa plea | Business SA's energy regulator confirmed that the 18.65% increase for this year will go ahead, although with 18.49% jump for municipalities, and only a 10% increase for poorer households.

Load-shedding shock for South Africa Research by the Bureau for Economic Research revealed that cumulative load-shedding in 2023 dwarfs previous years, raising serious concerns about the rest of the year.

Stage 8 load-shedding is here Eskom data revealed that it had implemented stage 8 load-shedding this week without informing South Africans.

Brace for stage 8 load-shedding Eskom is currently running its open-cycle gas turbines to negate two stages of load-shedding, meaning any further breakdowns could result in stage 7 or greater power cuts.