With Eskom not dealing too well with this thing called ‘electricity’, many offices are plunged into darkness during loadshedding. We’re not, because we are clever.
It looks like the bad guys are making use of load shedding timetables to target homes who don’t bother to set their alarms, or who might not have a backup battery for the alarm.
A woman in Durban found herself on the receiving end of someone at Home Affairs having a particularly bad day. Luckily she managed to film the flip-out on her phone.
Eskom has some important info for all us power users about the upcoming load shedding schedule. We have the lowdown here.
Use this nifty trick to sidestep those pesky pizza-eating politics and stuff your face without anyone catching on.
Our government has devised a plan to take on the power struggle with Eskom. This is what they are cooking up…
Finally, an easy way to organise your day around Eskom’s magnificent load shedding. Now you can still have the girls over for tea and actually have boiling water. #FunTimes
This map takes the hassle out of load-shedding! Save this as a bookmark, and make sure you plan your day around the potential power-outs…
All this talk of load shedding and nothing seems to be happening? Not anymore, because today Eskom have gone further than the “emergency” they declared last week – they’ve now given actual times!
On Thursday, large parts of the country experienced blackouts. Load shedding occurred after Eskom declared an emergency. The power cuts were due to wet coal stocks, caused by seven days of heavy rain.
Eskom said South Africa saved 1800 megawatts over the last six years. Apparently that’s enough energy to power Durban. The energy powerhouse hastened to add that this saving was due to energy efficient lighting. And not just any lights – the lights rolled out by them from 2004 to 2010.