SA could be in dark during festive season

Sameer Naik

Sameer Naik sameer.naik@inl.co.za As frustrated South Africans battled with Stage 2 and then Stage 4 load shedding yesterday, experts predict not only are we facing the possible threat of a Covid-19 fourth wave in December, we could be in for a dark and gloomy festive period of rolling blackouts this year. Energy expert Lungile Mashele said: “We are especially vulnerable to load shedding from September to April. We can certainly expect a constrained system for the first two weeks of December, and as people start taking their holidays and industry shuts down, there will be less demand in the second half of December. “However, last year we experienced load shedding during the last week of December – this shows just how unpredictable the system can be.” Mashele also hasn’t ruled…

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