-
Recent Posts
- SAHRC turns spotlight on supermarkets over food prices and hunger
- Here’s when food prices might go up because of El Niño
- Forget El Niño, South Africa’s harvest faces a new threat beyond drought
- Cabinet intensifies preparations for El Niño impact
- Africa braces for strongest El Niño since 1950 – heat, drought and floods loom
- Fuel prices set to increase on Wednesday
- July’s inflation declined to 4.3%
- Fuel price adjustments: Petrol down 52c, diesel up by up to R1.38
- Consumer inflation accelerates to 5% in June, the highest since 2024
- Inflation warning: Loaf of bread could cost R45 in the next decade
- COSATU to protest against the rising cost of living
- Govt failing to protect citizens from rising cost of living: FOSA
-
Upcoming Events
There are no upcoming events.
Categories
Archives
@AugustusConsult
@AugustusConsult
Tag Archives: Load Shedding
PMI improves, but economic output hurt by rolling blackouts
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintIna Opperman, The Citizen, 3 May 2023 The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) improved slightly in April, but not enough thanks to intense rolling blackouts that hurt output. Read More
Stage 8 load shedding, 800,000 jobs bloodbath likely to hit SA
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintTshidi Madia, Eyewitness News, 20 April 2023 The South African government is preparing for the worst this winter as South Africa will certainly experience Stage 8 load shedding. Read More
Eskom’s electricity supply has been declining since 2008
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintAdriaan Kruger, The Citizen, 13 April 2023 Several economists have commented on the continuing inability of Eskom to keep producing power after Statistics SA published its recent report on the amount of electricity generated and available for distribution. Read More
Power crisis takes centre stage at SA investment conference
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintNokukhanya Mntambo, Eyewitness News, 13 April 2023 The country’s unstable electricity grid was placed in the centrefold as team South Africa tried to woo investors. Read More
Load shedding ‘one of the biggest stumbling blocks for economic growth in SA’
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintBrian Sokutu, The Citizen, 13 April 2023 As local and foreign investors are on Thursday expected to pledge billions of investments in South Africa, during the fifth SA Investment Conference (SAIC) being held in Sandton, economists and business leaders have … Continue reading
Eskom implements Stage 6 load shedding
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintMpho Sibanyoni, Sowetan Live, 12 April 2023 Eskom has announced the country will be plunged to stage 6 rolling blackouts due to delays in returning generation units to service at five power stations. Read More
