Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa warned that despite recent relief from load-shedding, Eskom’s future setbacks mean that load-shedding is not over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This comes after South Africa has experienced over 28 days without load-shedding, the longest streak since 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his most recent media briefi<\/a>n<\/a>g<\/a> on the implementation of South Africa\u2019s Energy Action Plan, the minister said South Africans should appreciate what Eskom has managed to achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He also said the decrease in demand\u2014primarily due to the surge in household and business solar PV uptake\u2014is due to state incentives, which Eskom’s Energy Action Plan pushed through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “So far, in 2024, I am sure we [South Africa] are about to break the 5,000 MW mark in solar generation,” he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “So it’s all part of Eskom’s orchestrated plan, we should appreciate this,” he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, Ramokgopa noted that it is in the nature of the space Eskom operates in to have setbacks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are still working on the reliability of these machines, and that\u2019s why you can\u2019t confidently say load-shedding is behind us. That would be a false claim, and it can\u2019t be substantiated.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo Eskom official can put their hand on their heart and say tomorrow morning we will continue to have no load-shedding because there\u2019s a lot of instability \u2013 anything can happen tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Energy expert Chris Yelland agreed with this sentiment and added that intermittent load-shedding will continue until the utility\u2019s long-term problems are resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n