South Africa just passed a bleak load shedding milestone
After just 129 days, South Africa has been in the dark for as long as the entirety of 2022.
While emergency diesel supply and some state interventions mitigated load shedding over certain periods, since the week ending 4 September 2022, electricity consumers have suffered blackouts for 35 weeks in a row. Looking at the daily averages of blackout hours experienced, the data shows that numbers have been flat, albeit at elevated levels. However, with Eskom pushing stage 6 load shedding for longer, this indicator will likely start pointing up once again.
This paints a worrying picture for the country as it heads into the winter months, with cold weather already setting in.
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