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South Africa's energy crisis (or load shedding) is an ongoing period of widespread national power outages beginning at the end of 2007. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The South African government-owned national power utility, and primary power generator, Eskom , and various parliamentarians have attributed these rolling blackouts to insufficient generation capacity.
South Africa: Up To 3600 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding 2007–Present [31] [32] Medupi Power Station: South Africa: Up To 4764 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding 2015–Present [33] [34] Rooiwal Power Station: South Africa
South Africa has a large energy sector, being the largest economy in Africa. The country consumed 227 TWh of electricity in 2018. [1] The vast majority of South Africa's electricity was produced from coal, with the fuel responsible for 88% of production in 2017. [2] South Africa is the 7th largest coal producer in the world. [2]
[198] [199] Eskom has a proposal before the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to hike electricity prices by a rumoured 44% for the 2024/2025 financial year [200] The state-owned enterprise has applied for total revenues of R446bn for the 2026 financial year, R495bn for the 2027 financial year and R537bn for the 2028 financial year.
South Africa's National Treasury criticized the statement by Moody's saying, "It's not possible that we'll end up in recession." He added that the government may revise lower its 4 percent growth forecast for the year following growth of 5.1% in 2007. Car sales in South Africa dropped an annual 22 percent in June due to higher interest rates. [2]
2015 in South Africa saw a number of social and political protests and movements form. At President Jacob Zuma 's 2015 State of the Nation Address, the president was interrupted by an opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters , who demanded that he pay back the money used on his Nkandla homestead .
1970s energy crisis – caused by the peaking of oil production in major industrial nations (Germany, United States, Canada, etc.) and embargoes from other producers . 1973 oil crisis – caused by an OAPEC oil export embargo by many of the major Arab oil-producing states, in response to Western support of Israel during the Yom Kippur War
The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 2015.. The members of the court at the start of 2015 were Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke, and judges Edwin Cameron, Johan Froneman, Chris Jafta, Sisi Khampepe, Mbuyiseli Madlanga, Bess Nkabinde, Johann van der Westhuizen and Raymond Zondo.