Other factors that have contributed to the pressure on inflation include inefficiencies at Durban’s port and consistent load shedding in 2023. This was revealed in a presentation by the SARB in ...

Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, and power utility Eskom have apologised to South African communities over the implementation of load shedding, which has hit South ...

Stage 3 load-shedding will be implemented from 2pm today (Friday) until Monday, due to the loss of 2700MW over the past 14 hours. To replenish emergency reserves over the weekend - ongoing high ...

The only exception was in Durban, where the average electricity user would be paying about R162 more for load-shedding protection every month. KwaZulu-Natal has the worst solar potential of any ...