News24 | Why SA has been free of load shedding - although the system is still under big pressure

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Lameez Omarjee

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Eskom head office at Megawatt Park in Johannesburg. (Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images)

Eskom head office at Megawatt Park in Johannesburg. (Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images)

South Africans have been free of planned power cuts for just under two weeks – the longest stretch so far in 2024.

The country experienced 18 days without load shedding over the festive period at the end of last year (15 December 2023 to 2 January 2024), according to Eskom. 

This, in turn, was beaten by a 20-day streak in 2022.

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