Eskom appears to be mostly out of the woods regarding the threat of load-shedding this winter and for the coming year, with its 52-week outlook being mostly green from now until 13 July 2026.
The power utility had been trending close to or above its 15,000MW winter unplanned outage threshold, requiring 21 days of up to stage 2 load-shedding.
However, its hourly unplanned capacity loss factor (UCLF) chart shows that the trend has changed, with unplanned outages mostly trending below the 15,000MW threshold since 1…
Censorship Issues: While South Africa has a free press, there have been instances
of censorship and pressure on journalists.

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A professor in South Africa is teaching her students how to form Emglish sentences.
“Attention class I have two words: Cheetah, and dandelion. Can anybody use these together in a sentence?”
One student raises their hand,
“The cheetah is faster dandelion.”