Breakdowns have also improved – which is key to the group’s plan to keep load shedding contained in the summer months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the data also shows that energy supplies aren’t significantly higher, and that much of the improvement seen in the system comes from lower demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Improvements can also be attributed to three units at Kusile coming online in recent weeks, with units 1 and 3 returning from a year-long outage, and unit 4 returning to operation in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unit 2 is expected to return in November, with unit 5 expected to be synchronized in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nevertheless, whatever the source of the improvement, South Africans will welcome the reprieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Load shedding has, and continues to wreak havoc on the South African economy, with businesses – big and small – suffering from the extreme costs associated with trying to mitigate the outages and keep operating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to SARS commissioner Edward Kieswetter, the impact on taxes could be as high as R150 billion – a loss that the country can ill afford as it faces a growing budget deficit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Eskom-Plant-Performance-1024x496.png\")
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