What is load-shedding and why is it occurring in South Africa?
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The apartheid government didn’t really build enough power stations for the whole nation and only really cared about providing power to white areas so when apartheid ended the power stations had more load on them( this is the case with other things too). The current government is very corrupt and has a monopoly on power production so when they get funding for it they rather stick it in their pocket.
To shed the load on the power companies (instead of just not being corrupt) they have scheduled power cuts which usually lasts for 2 hours. There is also different stages depending on the severity of the load and might have more frequent power cuts once the stage is higher.
For example stage 1- no power cuts-1 power cut
Stage 3- 2 power cuts usually
Stage 4- 3 power cuts
The stages can go up To stage 8 but never has and usually goes from stage 1-4.
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