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Tag Archives: Load Shedding
Budget 2023: CEOs of top food retailers want government to rethink diesel fuel levy refund
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintTimes Live, 23 February 2023 Pick n Pay CEO Pieter Boone, Spar CEO Mike Bosman and Shoprite Checkers CEO Pieter Engelbrecht have implored the government to reconsider its decision on the diesel fuel refund levy. Read More
Food price escalation hits 14-year high amid more than 100 straight days of load-shedding
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintPrinesha Naidoo, Times Live, 16 February 2023 Food prices increased at the fastest pace in almost 14 years in January, when Eskom intensified rolling blackouts. Read More
Eskom power outage could lead to water shortages in two provinces
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintRorisang Kgosana, Sowetan Live, 16 February 2023 Certain parts of Gauteng and Mpumalanga may experience water shortages because of a power failure at one of Rand Water’s stations on Wednesday. Read More
A load-shedding-induced price war looms, and PnP stands to lose
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintCitizen Reporter, 14 February 2023 If it has not arrived yet, a fierce pricing battle brought on by South Africa’s unending electricity supply crisis is brewing among grocery retailers. Read More
Load shedding: More than 181 000 hectares of WC crops damaged
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintCitizen Reporter, 13 February 2023 Load shedding can potentially damage more than 181 000 hectares of permanent crops planted in the Western Cape, according to the Democratic Alliance (DA). Read More
Load shedding costs SA’s economy R1bn per day, says Mantashe
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintKevin Brandt, Eyewitness News, 6 February 2023 The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, highlighted the severe impact of load shedding saying it cost the country’s economy R1 billion per day. Read More
