Power Cost Cutters

27/02/2015

11:20 Update: Power utility Eskom says that with the return of some power station units, no load shedding would take place on Friday.

26/02/2015

Have a look at these five charts for a quick guide to understanding the budget speech.

21/02/2015

Update: Eskom has tweeted that there is a medium to high risk of load shedding and urges consumers to use electricity sparingly.

20/02/2015

Eskom has asked that South Africans “live lightly” for the next few months by using electricity sparingly.

19/02/2015

Getting rid of electricity-guzzling beer and cold-drink fridges in bottle stores may be one way of curbing load shedding, says Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown.

18/02/2015

18/02/2015

There are power failures in Aeroton, Florida, Fairlands, Northriding and Crosby.

17/02/2015

Ekurhuleni is load shedding on stage 3 (according to their website)

17/02/2015

Joburg's Call Centre is advising that load shedding will be implemented from 10:00 to 22:00 (Stage 1)

16/02/2015

South Africa's energy woes are a "challenge" but not a crisis and government knows how to address it, says President Jacob Zuma.

16/02/2015

Has the Load Shedding schedule for your area been accurate thus far? Have you received more load shedding than what is scheduled? Have you been load shedding free and are wondering what the fuss is all about?

13/02/2015

There is a low risk of load shedding being implemented over the weekend due to generators performing at their optimum, says Eskom.