South Africa Reports

2021-03-19 11:05:33 https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/fw-de-klerk-turns-85-announces-he-has-cancer-20210318 Open / Comment

2021-03-17 18:26:42 Substation goes up in flames during the recent bout of rolling blackouts in Bloemfontein, Free State province.

These systems were never designed to be switched on/off multiple times a day. Power surges and poorly maintained equipment don't mix well. Open / Comment

2021-03-14 21:47:34 We're expecting nationwide student protests across all major universities starting Monday morning.

These protests will be similar to the "Fees Must Fall" riots that happened in October 2015. They demanded free tertiary education while burning down campus buildings. After nearly a billion Rand's worth of property damage, the government ended up compromising to ensure that there would be no increases in university fees the following year.

We can only wonder what this one will deliver. Open / Comment

2021-03-14 13:19:46 Eskom to implement rolling blackouts nationwide from 17:00 until Friday night 23:00. The power grid is so strained that it could be disrupted at short notice before 17:00 and there's a high probability that it will continue throughout the weekend. https:… Open / Comment

2021-03-13 12:33:03 You can be number 1 in your high school, top 20 in your province and one of the best performing students in South Africa, but you will still not be admitted to a university because you're White Open / Comment

2021-03-13 10:47:39 Open / Comment

2021-03-11 18:41:25 Eskom's production has fallen by 8.8% in the last 10 years.

A new Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) report offers a sobering picture of declining electricity system production and demand between 2010 and 2020 – a trend that was amplified further during Covid-hit 2020, when demand slumped by a sharp 5.1%, or 11.8 TWh, to a decade low level of 227 TWh.

In 2020, loadshedding occurred for 859 hours of the year (9.8%)

https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/new-report-highlights-decade-of-falling-electricity-production-in-south-africa-2021-03-11 Open / Comment

2021-03-10 12:25:59 Eskom to implement rolling blackouts nationwide from 17:00 until Friday night 23:00. The power grid is so strained that it could be disrupted at short notice before 17:00 and there's a high probability that it will continue throughout the weekend. https:… Open / Comment

2021-03-10 12:25:45 Eskom to implement rolling blackouts nationwide from 17:00 until Friday night 23:00. The power grid is so strained that it could be disrupted at short notice before 17:00 and there's a high probability that it will continue throughout the weekend.

https://twitter.com/Eskom_SA/status/1369576670479417344 Open / Comment

2021-03-10 11:29:36 5 years ago today Monty MacCormack, 73, Kenny MacCormack, 42, Marietjie Meyer, 46, and Kayla Meyer, 9, were brutally murdered on their farm in South Africa

https://randfonteinherald.co.za/226213/print-justice-near-for-murdered-family-web-rodora-family-massacre-a-timeline/

https://twitter.com/TraditionalMike/status/1369425209170817026 Open / Comment