Number of load shedding hours in South Africa 2015-2023
stage six load shedding to prevent the collapse of the national power grid.
In 2023, almost 6,950 hours of load shedding occurred in South Africa. This was significantly higher than the previous year, which reported 2,400 hours of power cuts in the country. During 2023, Eskom (South Africa's state-owned power utility) implemented