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The agriculture sector is concerned that load shedding could see more than 181 000 hectares of crops in the Western Cape damaged.

Thousands of people took to the streets of Cape Town on Wednesday to protest against load-shedding and the 18.65% electricity tariff increase.

The number of road fatalities in the WC in the 2022/23 festive season was 131, compared to 207 in the 2021/22 festive season.

Thousands of people took to the streets of Cape Town on Wednesday to protest against loadshedding and the 18.65% electricity tariff increase.

Last month Western Cape Provincial Minister of Agriculture Dr Ivan Meyer’s office sent a press release out stating he had pleaded with Eskom to consider the agriculture sector.

Between 1 December 2022 and 11 January 2023, 131 people were killed. In the 2021/2022 festive season period, 207 people died on provincial roads.


Farmers are scrambling for alternative energy sources amid daily blackouts and the 18.65% electricity price hike approved for Eskom.

The acting provincial Minister of Mobility, Dr Ivan Meyer, states that the Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works remains cautiously optimistic about the festive season road safety and traffic statistics after 75% of this past week’s a

South Africa's farmers are under threat due to sustained high levels of load shedding.

According to a November report by a state scientists group, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africans have had over 1,900 hours of power cuts in 2022 alone, making it the most load shedding-intensive year.