Stage 6 load-shedding sticking around until the weekend

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With the help of the Steenbras power station, the City of Cape Town has managed to stay two stages below the rest of the country.

The rest of South Africa is probably envious of residents in the City of Cape Town as the municipality manages to stay two stages below the rest of the country in terms of power cuts.

But how is the city managing to do this and why is the rest of the country not able to do the same?

Energy analysts say the city has benefitted from the Steenbras power station, because it has retained ownership of infrastructure.

But Chris Yelland said that there was a bit of luck at play for the city: “You need the right geography, such as a mountain, a top dam where you can pump water up a mountain and let water flow down a mountain to generate electricity.”

He said that the technology used worked perfectly in cases of emergency: “It enables the city to generate power at very short notice. It’s like having a very large battery at your disposal.”
 
dualmeister said:
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Energy analysts say the city has benefitted from the Steenbras power station, because it has retained ownership of infrastructure.

But Chris Yelland said that there was a bit of luck at play for the city: “You need the right geography, such as a mountain, a top dam where you can pump water up a mountain and let water flow down a mountain to generate electricity.”

He said that the technology used worked perfectly in cases of emergency: “It enables the city to generate power at very short notice. It’s like having a very large battery at your disposal.”
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Apartheids fault.
 
dualmeister said:

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With the help of the Steenbras power station, the City of Cape Town has managed to stay two stages below the rest of the country.

The rest of South Africa is probably envious of residents in the City of Cape Town as the municipality manages to stay two stages below the rest of the country in terms of power cuts.

But how is the city managing to do this and why is the rest of the country not able to do the same?

Energy analysts say the city has benefitted from the Steenbras power station, because it has retained ownership of infrastructure.

But Chris Yelland said that there was a bit of luck at play for the city: “You need the right geography, such as a mountain, a top dam where you can pump water up a mountain and let water flow down a mountain to generate electricity.”

He said that the technology used worked perfectly in cases of emergency: “It enables the city to generate power at very short notice. It’s like having a very large battery at your disposal.”
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The problem with this, is that the defacto response is not to say "how can we copy that and do better everywhere else" its going to be a case of "how can we stop them and drag them down to our level."
 
Joburgers should be used to 4 hour sessions, sure not 4 hours apart though :-( it used to be 12 hours apart, but during stage we'd have 9 hours of outages a day sadly.
 
6spdmanual said:
Anyone hosting a Springboks watch party around Rivonia and doesn't have load shedding? I'd like to come please.
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I'm near Rivonia, and don't have loadshedding... short trip though (just around the corner).. about 500kms away in Durban, and you're welcome to come through
 
How is it that an unprotected strike is allowed to damage the economy like this? surely the government should be mobilising the army to deal with intimidation and stop the protests?
At the very least the police should be in riot gear breaking things up and making sure that anyone who wants to work is able to? This is causing immense damage to SA and needs to be stopped.
 
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