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Iamn0tageek

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So simple question needing a simple answer.

Is load shedding pretty much on a daily basis here to stay for at least the next 5 years?

I ask because I want to make some life changing decisions based on this.

ie move overseas
 
Iamn0tageek said:
So simple question needing a simple answer.

Is load shedding pretty much on a daily basis here to stay for at least the next 5 years?

I ask because I want to make some life changing decisions based on this.

ie move overseas
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It's going to be here forever. Government won't do a thing about it, except for talk about about it. But we know that the government only talks kak.

Unfortunately the masses keep voting ANC. So ja, load shedding is here to stay. And ESP(old eskom se push) app will just get more bloated with useless ****.
 
I can't see it getting any better...Sadly I think its here to stay now..

If you can get out then give it a go...you can always come back if you dont like it but take a chance while you can...
 
If you can go then go.

They are not building new plants. They are not refurbishing existing plants. Load shedding is not going anywhere.

If you want to know where SA is headed then you need only look at the rest of Africa. It really is that simple.
 
Thank you for the replies.

It's just, I want someone to pay for this. I want someone to take responsibility.

I know it'll most probably never happen, I just want someone to pay for what they did.
 
If you leave, don't leave because you feel forced to because of Eskom (or anything else). That's a recipe for bitterness and resentment for the rest of your life.

Choose to go on a big adventure and experience what somewhere else has to offer. Go TO something, not away from SA.
 
I think, realistically, even if ANC is out 2024, it will probably take at least a decade to fix and correct everything that is currently broken, replace all the cadres one by one, so I think if you stay, be prepared for long term loadshedding.

Building new power stations takes years.
 
Iamn0tageek said:
So simple question needing a simple answer.

Is load shedding pretty much on a daily basis here to stay for at least the next 5 years?

I ask because I want to make some life changing decisions based on this.

ie move overseas
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How will anyone on this forum be able to answer that question? We can speculate, but doubt anyone here has insight that will answer that question.

You will need to assess this on your own and decide on what is best for you. Realistically you can't make a decision on load shedding alone.
 
In order for loadshedding to cease government has to open up the energy market to the private sector. That is not going to happen. Even if it happened tomorrow, building the type of infrastructure we need to close the power gap takes time. So yeah it is going to be around for a long time.
 
Iamn0tageek said:
Thank you for the replies.

It's just, I want someone to pay for this. I want someone to take responsibility.

I know it'll most probably never happen, I just want someone to pay for what they did.
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Ain't gonna happen
 
Rayne said:
If you can go then go.

They are not building new plants. They are not refurbishing existing plants. Load shedding is not going anywhere.

If you want to know where SA is headed then you need only look at the rest of Africa. It really is that simple.
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Not entirely true. New capacity is coming online in 2024 (two of Kusile's units) and some other units will be repaired by then.
 
The_Right_Honourable_Brit said:
Not entirely true. New capacity is coming online in 2024 (two of Kusile's units) and some other units will be repaired by then.
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2 kusile units accounts for one stage. What makes you think they'll be more reliable than the rest of kusile and Medupi though?
 
The_Right_Honourable_Brit said:
Not entirely true. New capacity is coming online in 2024 (two of Kusile's units) and some other units will be repaired by then.
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Technically the 3 units offline should be back in March, Koeberg unit 2 should be back online in June, though unit 1 will more then likely go down next year for it's refueling and refurbishment.
Plus August is when the Medupi unit that popped comes back online, so about 3GW should be coming back.
Oh and De Ruyter is gone according to epah
 
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Iamn0tageek said:
So simple question needing a simple answer.

Is load shedding pretty much on a daily basis here to stay for at least the next 5 years?

I ask because I want to make some life changing decisions based on this.

ie move overseas
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Figure out what you want. Dont assume the grass is greener on the other side either.

My wife and I can move at a moments notice but dont plan moving unless we have to.

We put solar up 2021 Nov and WFH so we dont even know that LS is going on until we go for a drive and robots are out etc.
 
Sinbad said:
2 kusile units accounts for one stage. What makes you think they'll be more reliable than the rest of kusile and Medupi though?
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Medupi is sitting at 73% EAF which is pretty close to the EAF of power stations through the nineties and naughties, the next best is at 75%.
 
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