South Africa is currently going through a crisis regarding the country’s power supply.
This sector has greatly been affected by the increased demand, which has outpowered the supply.
To combat the situation, Eskom has introduced load shedding.
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Here is all you better know about the load shedding stages in different regions around South Africa.
What is Eskom?
Eskom is the company responsible for the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity.
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It has a scope of more than 5 million clients that it serves.
This phenomenon has been because of instances where there is continuous growth, especially in the number of customers.
What is load shedding?
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Unlike load shedding, power outages occur due to technical issues.
This imbalance is likely to cause the entire system to trip.
Load shedding: This process takes place after the load curtailment.
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Each one of these regions has a set-aside limit and time when the shedding process will take place.
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By doing so, the system will save 4,000 MW.
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This region is expected to experience stage 5 to stage 8 of the rotational program.
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They have also urged the president to intervene and salvage the situation.
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The rants that have been on social media are proof that most people are being inconvenienced.
Most people are hoping that the president will react to the matter and help in resolving it.
She graduated from Meru University of Science and Technology with a Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering in 2019.
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In 2023, Priscillah finished the AFP course on Digital Investigation Techniques.
She has been writing articles on Briefly.co.za since 2019.
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