Eskom's disappointing collapse in one chart

Eskom is Burning, Eskom is Burning,
Blackout is Nearer Blackout is Nearer,
Soon the darkness, Soon the darkness,
Lets sing and be merry, lets sing and be merry.

VIVA COMRADES VIVA!!!!
 
Well the cANCer always tries to top the charts. At one point we were 4th/5th in the world for Covid rate of infection. Now we are going for gold to have as little electricity as possible. We have to beat Zims 19hrs of darkness.
 
Nothing wrong here,
ANC hitting 2 problems with one stone:

Decolonize Afrika and all that crap those whities brought with them.
Adhering to Climate change by returning to pre industrial age.
 
Would love some clarity:

1. Is the 2900 loadshedding hours measure for one zone (if so which), one city (if so which) or just a count of hours where someone in the country somewhere was experience loadshedding? If the latter, does it include the times when only select zones who did not pay their municipality bill experienced loadshedding?

2. Would it be possible to get the raw maximum possible MW each power station could generate cited on a table every 5 years from the year 2000 say? Just quoting percentages can be misleading without a reference point.

Regardless, Eskom's days are numbered imo.bewt prepare to go private (like with schools, medical services etc) if you have the money
 
How about NOT exporting electricity to other countries when we do not even have enough for our own country (and also, they are not paying their invoices, so they should be cut like those South Africans who do not pay). How about also cutting ALL South Africans who do not pay, including those who feel it is their right to have others pay for their needs. There already, we would gain a huge amount of additional power available to those who pay.
 
Seez35 said:
I don't blame him for load shedding itself, but he certainly hasn't done anything in his three years there to improve matters. On the contrary, we're on our fourth Stage 6 of the year, with an even worse outlook for the year ahead and no end in sight.

Good riddance to him, and good luck to whoever inherets this mess.
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Three years is not nearly enough time to fix 20 years of f***ups.
 
Vanessa13 said:
Three years is not nearly enough time to fix 20 years of f***ups.
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I think the best we can do short term is get back to stage 2 being the norm. But even that is going to take a lot from a turnover team that has the backing to make the hard calls. Which is unlikely.
A more likely scenario is that power stations will be built and run by foreign nations like most things are done in Africa and that will come at a big cost. Maybe a russian nuclear power station and coal/renewables from the Chinese.
 
B-1 said:
I think the best we can do short term is get back to stage 2 being the norm. But even that is going to take a lot from a turnover team that has the backing to make the hard calls. Which is unlikely.
A more likely scenario is that power stations will be built and run by foreign nations like most things are done in Africa and that will come at a big cost. Maybe a russian nuclear power station and coal/renewables from the Chinese.
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Argh never good for the citizens... Our best solution as ordinary citizens, I think, is to slowly build up our NON-reliance on Eskom power. For 2.5 hours of load shedding, we hardly notice it anymore - flask for coffee, USB rechargeable mini fans for the heat of summer, gas heater for winter, gas stove (and of course, braai), solar lights, inverter and batteries, etc. for the TV, fancy UPS for the work PC and modem... built up over time. We even have a solar shower, although we haven't tried it yet. The next step, after we move house, is to save up for a mini windmill on the property and go right off grid. The only issue now is that our mini fans use a set of batteries every two hours, so we're looking around for a rechargable set that takes at least 16 batteries, and I just ordered a mini fan attached to a USB powerbank to see if that lasts longer. If all else fails, we have a generator as back-up (but we don't turn it on just because the power is off - only if our other solutions are not sufficient or we forget to fill the flask with hot water or something - although advertised as silent, the thing is super loud).
 
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Vanessa13 said:
How about NOT exporting electricity to other countries when we do not even have enough for our own country (and also, they are not paying their invoices, so they should be cut like those South Africans who do not pay). How about also cutting ALL South Africans who do not pay, including those who feel it is their right to have others pay for their needs. There already, we would gain a huge amount of additional power available to those who pay.
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SA is a 100% socialist country, lead by and voted for by a majority of communists. The "haves" will be bled dry until we are all equal.
 
Vanessa13 said:
Argh never good for the citizens... Our best solution as ordinary citizens, I think, is to slowly build up our NON-reliance on Eskom power. For 2.5 hours of load shedding, we hardly notice it anymore - flask for coffee, USB rechargeable mini fans for the heat of summer, gas heater for winter, gas stove (and of course, braai), solar lights, inverter and batteries, etc. for the TV, fancy UPS for the work PC and modem... built up over time. We even have a solar shower, although we haven't tried it yet. The next step, after we move house, is to save up for a mini windmill on the property and go right off grid. The only issue now is that our mini fans use a set of batteries every two hours, so we're looking around for a rechargable set that takes at least 16 batteries, and I just ordered a mini fan attached to a USB powerbank to see if that lasts longer. If all else fails, we have a generator as back-up (but we don't turn it on just because the power is off - only if our other solutions are not sufficient or we forget to fill the flask with hot water or something - although advertised as silent, the thing is super loud).
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You can try and buy your own little "safe hole" in SA, but eventually the commies will get you, dig you out, and bleed you dry.
 
Benedict A55h0le said:
SA is a 100% socialist country, lead by and voted for by a majority of communists. The "haves" will be bled dry until we are all equal.
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Yeah, because working for their own money/things is beneath too many voters. They will realise too late that this cannot work. Fools will have dragged the rest of us down with them by then.
 
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