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You might think switching them off uses no electricity, but NO. Here’s why you should unplug your household appliances when not in use.

With Eskom’s recent changes to Stage 5 and 6 load shedding the ability of all businesses to operate has been compromised.

With Eskom’s power outages becoming more frequent and longer, many homeowners have resorted to buying solar panels but this has created a market for thieves who target panels to sell in the black market.

Stage 4 loadshedding will be implemented from 05:00 to 16:00 on Tuesday and not Stage 3 due to breakdowns at major power stations

What Eskom does at their national control centre is keep the margin between what is generated and what is consumed.

The suffering caused by load shedding is expected to be minimal during the Winter season, Eskom announced:

Energy expert, Matthew Cruise, said that although generating units had been returned to service, the long-term forecast was not good, especially with colder temperatures around the corner.

'AKA is to Elon Musk, what we are to him': One tweep said of the rapper's plea to the businessman about Eskom's stage six loadshedding.

One of South Africa's biggest industrial hubs may be able to ditch load shedding 'overnight' - thanks to this $100 million project.

At SONA, President Cyril Ramaphosa said this year SA will open up and regulate the commercial use of hemp products, providing opportunities for small-scale farmers. But while the economic-growth potential for commercial cannabis in Africa is huge, there is no State regulatory coherence on cannabis for private use...