What is load-shedding and why is it occurring in South Africa?
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Load shedding is exactly what it sounds like, the shedding of load. In this case it is load on the electrical grid due to a lack of production capacity to meet the demand. To make ends meet the excess load is shed by turning off parts of the electrical grid, resulting in rolling blackouts which have become somewhat common in African countries.
Why specifically this happens in South Africa is at its core because they lack sufficient generation capacity to meet their demand. Why it has persisted since 2007 all the way into 2022 can broadly be blamed on the corruption and mismanagement of the government-owned national power utility Eskom.
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