Load shedding update

Get the latest load shedding updates, analysis and practical tips to deal with the continuous Eskom power cuts.

The 67.6% of respondents still on the national grid say dealing with blackouts has become second nature. The group also wants fair compensation for the damage caused by rolling blackouts and for the government to play open cards about South Africa’s energy crisis. There are, however, tight limits on what the President can really achieve, and anyone expecting a short-term solution to South Africa’s power crisis will be disappointed. [Choose the right-size gas geyser to save on electricity and money](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-11-06-choose-the-right-size-gas-geyser-to-save-on-electricity-and-money/) Several South African politicians and business people have instructed a legal team from seven law firms to demand that the government stops cutting the country’s power. [South Africans make a plan in the face of never-ending electricity blackouts](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-10-10-south-africans-make-a-plan-in-the-face-of-never-ending-electricity-blackouts/) [South Africans urged to use water sparingly as rolling blackouts hit precious resource](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-01-16-south-africans-urged-to-use-water-sparingly-amid-blackouts/) [Load shedding menu: Leftover pasta salad](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-01-16-south-africans-urged-to-use-water-sparingly-amid-blackouts/) [New law planned to accelerate power capacity in South Africa](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-01-17-new-law-planned-to-accelerate-power-capacity-in-south-africa/) [Government plans to focus on six ailing power stations to resolve the electricity crisis](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-01-16-government-plans-to-focus-on-six-ailing-power-stations-to-resolve-the-electricity-crisis/) [Gatvol citizens threaten Eskom and government with legal action, demand stop to rolling blackouts](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-01-16-blackouts-s-africans-threaten-eskom-government-with-legal-action/) [Out in the cold – power crisis forces enterprising ice-cream shops to brink of closure](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-01-17-out-in-the-cold-power-crisis-forces-enterprising-ice-cream-shops-to-brink-of-closure/)