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Government’s plan to save South Africa – including changes for visas, businesses, and reducing load shedding Subscribe National Treasury has published its updated ‘Operation Vulindlela’ plan, detailing the government’s strategy to boost the economy after the Covid-19 pandemic. First announced by president Cyril Ramaphosa in parliament in October 2020, Operation Vulindlela is a joint initiative of the Presidency and National Treasury. It is a government-wide approach through which ministers, departments and entities implement structural reforms – and a Vulindlela unit in the Presid...

The rand traded in a narrow band as power generation woes weighed on sentiment, and traders were cautious ahead of the FOMC meeting later this week.

Eskom estimates that, without additional capacity, there will be an electricity supply shortfall of between 4,000 and 6,000 megawatts over the next five years,…

Generic image. Photo: Matthew Henry, Unsplash NATIONAL NEWS - In 2020, load shedding occurred for 859 hours of the year, apparently the most yet, a report by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has revealed. The report, titled Statistics of utility-scale power generation in South Africa in 2020, also said that electricity demand reduced noticeably in 2020 due to the Covid-19 lockdown and resulting reduced economic activity. The country experienced Stage 2 load shedding for most of these hours, with smaller contributions from other load shedding st...