Load-shedding is back

Between January and June this year, businesses and households suffered widespread, prolonged and in most cases, unpredictable, blackouts as BPC battled to bring all four 150-megawatt units at Morupule B into operation while regional imports tightened.

By the end of July, normal supply had been restored nationwide due to the commissioning of a third unit at Morupule B, complimented by two 160MW emergency plants and power imports ranging between 100 and 300MW from South Africa.