ALEXANDER PARKER: The solar panels on your roof are a perfect gift to the ANC this election season
Warning times for load-shedding seem to be becoming shorter, and Eskom seems to be changing its plans in a more chaotic way
22 January 2024 - 05:00
President Cyril Ramaphosa and his party, the ANC, owe wealthy South Africans and businesses a huge vote of thanks. Exactly a year ago, in the first two months of 2023, Eskom’s energy availability factor (EAF) plummeted to below 50%.
We were cast into two horrific months of stage 4 and 6 load-shedding. Stories of collapsing businesses and stinking mortuaries filled us with horror. It was a genuinely scary and terrible time...
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