{"id":232466,"date":"2022-07-26T22:16:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T20:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=118976"},"modified":"2022-07-26T22:16:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T20:16:22","slug":"7-reasons-why-loadshedding-is-here-to-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/7-reasons-why-loadshedding-is-here-to-stay\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Reasons why Loadshedding is Here to Stay"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1 \">\n<aside id=\"republication_tracker_tool-2\" class=\"republication_tracker_tool clearfix\">\n<h5 class=\"adtitle\">Republish for Free<\/h5>\n<div class=\"license\">\n<p><button name=\"Republish This Story\" id=\"cc-btn\" class=\"republication-tracker-tool-button\">Republish This Story<\/button><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"license\" rel=\"noreferrer license noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/7-reasons-why-loadshedding-is-here-to-stay.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/7-reasons-why-loadshedding-is-here-to-stay.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"message\">\n<p>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p>South Africa has been using rolling blackouts also known as load shedding, to conserve electricity since the year 2008 however the current outrages have been intense, with hours ranging from two hours a day to 8 hours or more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7 Reasons why load shedding is here to stay:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Continuous recent strikes undertaken by Eskom employees without the consent of their unions result in coal plants not maintained and unable to operate.<\/li>\n<li>The state utility company is in debt to the tune of R400 Billion<\/li>\n<li>The outages are also linked to corruption, theft, and vandalism of power facilities<\/li>\n<li>Eskom has also warned that repairing power stations take a long time to clear, while the system could also have more breakdowns.<\/li>\n<li>Municipalities have outstanding debt to pay to Eskom<\/li>\n<li>Factories, shopping centers, and mines are allowed to generate their own electricity, further driving socioeconomic inequalities.<\/li>\n<li>There is a dominant collision of politics and governance which results in a lack of governance to ensure stable electricity supply and economic recovery.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>With the possibility of load shedding here to stick around for the next coming months, our solutions are <a href=\"https:\/\/straton.co.za\/solar\/\">renewable energy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is no energy crisis, only a crisis of ignorance. ~R. Buckminister Fuller~<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_118977\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118977\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/straton.co.za\/solar\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt width=\"1250\" height=\"833\" class=\"wp-image-118977 size-large lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/7-reasons-why-loadshedding-is-here-to-stay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-118977 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/7-reasons-why-loadshedding-is-here-to-stay.jpg\" alt width=\"1250\" height=\"833\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-118977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@5tep5?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Alexander Popov<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/power-cuts?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Video:<\/strong> 7 Reasons why loadshedding is here to stay<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Info on 7 Reasons why loadshedding is here to stay here:<\/strong><br \/><strong>Twitter<\/strong>:<br \/><strong>Facebook<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/niino_qulu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/niino_qulu\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/save-with-myprs-monthly-flat-fee\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"post-views-icon dashicons dashicons-chart-bar\"><\/span> <span class=\"post-views-label\">Press Release Views:<\/span> <span class=\"post-views-count\">104<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/7-reasons-why-loadshedding-is-here-to-stay\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republish for Free Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. 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