The Top 3 Worst Loadshedding Slots

Yes, all of loadshedding is annoying, but as George Orwell once stated: Some slots are more annoying than others. An amazingly prescient (and suspiciously specific) man. Anyone who has experienced rolling blackouts will be in agreement with this and, since several (or more) of the Northern Hemisphere countries are about to give it a go, […]

Loadshedding – now available in California

Indeed. So let’s add the USA to the ever-lengthening list of loadshedders and near misses: Dear old SASwitzerlandUKChina (including Shanghai)AustraliaFinlandUSAWe’re currently (no pun intended) in the middle of a 4 day Stage 2 sesh here, due to breakdowns at six different power stations (including Koeberg), and a late return to service for another unit at […]

Your loadshedding questions answered

An occasional series in which I endeavour to provide answers to all your queries about the lack of electricity in South Africa at the moment. Today’s question comes from Confused of Cape Town: Do you get loadshedding on board ships? No. You don’t. Loadshedding is thankfully limited to things which are attached to Eskom’s national […]