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Protocols for implementing load-shedding up to stage 16 have been approved. Here is everything you should know.

Guidelines for implementing load shedding up to Stage 16 have just been approved. Here is what that would likely mean.

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has approved guidelines for implementing load shedding up to Stage 16.

MP says ESO must investigate whether Eskom is deliberately deviating from the provisions provided for in NRS 048-9

Note to editors: Please find attached soundbite by Samantha Graham-Maré MP The DA has today petitioned the Eskom System Operator (ESO), the body responsible for the national code of practice for loadshedding (NRS 048-9), over what appears to be a growing trend by Eskom to issue misleading load-shedding advisories in violation of the NRS 048-9.

South African businesses can be forgiven for feeling like they’re in a movie where the actors are on strike, the script has been lost, and the director has left the set. What are the good, the bad and the likely scenarios for our country’s dire energy situation? We asked the Power Futures Lab (...

Chairman of the Management Committee National Rationalised Specifications (NRS) Association of South Africa, Vally Padayachee, says the country remains very distant from an electrical blackout even in the face of higher stages of load shedding.

South Africa: Plans in place to avoid 'highly improbable' blackout

Prepare for the worst! A new national standards document proposes providing load shedding schedules up to Stage 16.

Stage 8 means no power for half the day. From there, it’s not hard to do the maths …