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Despite South Africa going over 250 days without load shedding, the government has not officially declared the electricity crisis over.

According to Business Report, Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said that while the power system has improved (with 4,000–5,000MW of excess capacity available daily) ending load shedding is not just about technical readiness.

The minister was speaking during an interview on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos on Thursday.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3EL4FDqobs?si=L1hk8Sz9qHRJq9VF

The government wants electricity supply to support economic growth, not just maintain current levels.

“The first goal is to reach a point where people don’t even notice how many days we’ve gone without load shedding,” the report quoted Ramokgopa as saying.

“That would mean we’ve transitioned psychologically, we don’t anticipate its return. But we’re not quite there yet.”

Ramokgopa noted that if large energy-intensive companies resumed operations simultaneously, demand could exceed supply.

He stressed that load shedding can only truly end when the economy grows at least 3% and the system can handle failures without interruptions.

ESKOM BOARD CHAIR MORE OPTIMISTIC

Eskom board chair Mteto Nyati says the days of the power utility focusing on energy security are behind us, and that we should no longer see load-shedding.

He explained that the board and Eskom’s executive management team will now seek to position the utility to be a catalyst for the industrialisation of South Africa.

“Over the past three years or so, our big focus has been on energy security,” Nyati told Newzroom Afrika. “I would say that is largely behind us now. You know, we should not be seeing load-shedding.”


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMlfaSEiAXo?si=NqOD_0exBdnPn_Bq

THREAT OF LOAD REDUCTION

Meanwhile, Eskom’s slow smart meter rollout is also slowing progress toward ending load REDUCTION (a more targeted form of power cuts used to protect infrastructure) especially in areas with high illegal connections.

Only 73,523 of 577,347 planned smart meters have been installed for March 2026.

Ramokgopa said South Africa cannot declare the power crisis over until load reduction is fully resolved.

Congratulations to South Africa...

Giant of Africa band A users still dey shout up NEPA up and down, with national grid collapsing like an epileptic patients.

Happy this sh#it is behind us

Congratulations to SA.

We up here in Nigeria are so used to power cuts and grid failure that even our government has spent 17 billion to power the seat of power. Talk about mediocrity and failure.

jchioma:
Congratulations to SA.

We up here in Nigeria are so used to power cuts and grid failure that even our government has spent 17 billion to power the seat of power. Talk about mediocrity and failure.

Sad to hear.

If Nigeria didn't suffer from it's misplaced big brother syndrome it could actually learn a lot from other African countries.

It has to be the white people at the helm of affairs who ensure this. Nigeria should hire some of them. Sha, our leaders love substandard products in a bid to save costs. Na the issue them go face here.

I left the grid three years ago. I dey look the average Nigerian.

RandDigital:
Despite South Africa going over 250 days without load shedding, the government has not officially declared the electricity crisis over.

According to Business Report, Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said that while the power system has improved (with 4,000–5,000MW of excess capacity available daily) ending load shedding is not just about technical readiness.

The minister was speaking during an interview on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos on Thursday.


The government wants electricity supply to support economic growth, not just maintain current levels.

“The first goal is to reach a point where people don’t even notice how many days we’ve gone without load shedding,” the report quoted Ramokgopa as saying.

“That would mean we’ve transitioned psychologically, we don’t anticipate its return. But we’re not quite there yet.”

Ramokgopa noted that if large energy-intensive companies resumed operations simultaneously, demand could exceed supply.

He stressed that load shedding can only truly end when the economy grows at least 3% and the system can handle failures without interruptions.

ESKOM BOARD CHAIR MORE OPTIMISTIC

Eskom board chair Mteto Nyati says the days of the power utility focusing on energy security are behind us, and that we should no longer see load-shedding.

He explained that the board and Eskom’s executive management team will now seek to position the utility to be a catalyst for the industrialisation of South Africa.

“Over the past three years or so, our big focus has been on energy security,” Nyati told Newzroom Afrika. “I would say that is largely behind us now. You know, we should not be seeing load-shedding.”


THREAT OF LOAD REDUCTION

Meanwhile, Eskom’s slow smart meter rollout is also slowing progress toward ending load REDUCTION (a more targeted form of power cuts used to protect infrastructure) especially in areas with high illegal connections.

Only 73,523 of 577,347 planned smart meters have been installed for March 2026.

Ramokgopa said South Africa cannot declare the power crisis over until load reduction is fully resolved.

Na Whitey dey help South Africa. If not for White, South Africa is for Black people

Congrats to south Africa unlike the zoo park run by a drug dealer

meobizy:
It has to be the white people at the helm of affairs who ensure this.

Show us the whities 🧐🧐🧐 And where were they when SA was going through an energy crisis? Decades long generator fumes got you guys white worshipping and in chronic denial about SA.

meobizy:
It has to be the white people at the helm of affairs who ensure this. Nigeria should hire some of them. Sha, our leaders love substandard products in a bid to save costs. Na the issue them go face here.

I left the grid three years ago. I dey look the average Nigerian.

You Nigerians have to be the most inferiority complexed people in Africa., I've never seen anything like this!.. anything positive in South Africa is always "white people" white people"! White people are not Gods! The minister of Electricity is an educated, qualified black South African engineer but trust a Nigerian to sing the praises of white people. No wonder Nigeria lags behind many African countries, you guys are waiting for white saviors while the likes of Ethiopia are rapidly developing..Tomorrow you'll claim Burkina Faso is the way it is because of the French after they leapfrogged you. You guys have such low regard of blackness its frightening, not every African countey moves like Naija

MrPresident1:
Na Whitey dey help South Africa. If not for White, South Africa is for Black people

Educated black South Africans who utilize their education to the betterment of their country is somehow the work of the "whites"? What is the education for? .You guys really need a mental decolonization and self esteem..no wonder you're so fond of these white countries, you really worship whiteness

Nigerians have really suffered in the hands of south Africans...


Chai... they will create threads and use it as click bait or opportunity to insult all Nigerians.

Aren't you ever going to get tired of using the generator, fumes and whatever creative insults lines you can come up about our light issues? It's become stale and boring.

I don't blame them though. I know who to blame!

brain54:
Nigerians have really suffered in the hands of south Africans...


Chai... they will create threads and use it as click bait or opportunity to insult all Nigerians.

Aren't you ever going to get tired of using the generator, fumes and whatever creative insults lines you can come up about our light issues? It's become stale and boring.

I don't blame them though. I know who to blame!

How is a thread about South African electricity issues an insult to you?

IronGalaxy:
How is a thread about South African electricity issues an insult to you?

Check your comments if you haven't insulted Nigerians...


In response to someone's comment!

brain54:
Check your comments if you haven't insulted Nigerians...


In response to someone's comment!

Qoute the insult directly. What did I say that was an insult?

IronGalaxy:
Educated black South Africans who utilize their education to the betterment of their country is somehow the work of the "whites"? What is the education for? .You guys really need a mental decolonization and self esteem..no wonder you're so fond of these white countries, you really worship whiteness

Nigeria the Giant of Africa has more human and natural resources than South Africa. But we don't have White people.

So the reason why South Africa is booming is because of the presence of White people.

MrPresident1:
Nigeria the Giant of Africa has more human and natural resources than South Africa. But we don't have White people.

So the reason why South Africa is booming is because of the presence of White people.

Ethiopia hss one of the fastest growing economies in Africa, their economy is booming and the rapid development of their capital Addis Ababa is testament to that.. does Ethiopia have white people? What's stopping Nigeria from looking like this ? Lack of Whites? This excuse is tired and is a way to mask your failures.

How can you boast off having human resources then lament the lack of White people in the same sentence? You guys are so disappointing..

They will then accuse me of "insulting" but what type of thinking is this?

IronGalaxy:
Ethiopia is one of the fastest growing economies in Africa, their economy is booming and the rapid development of their capital Addis Ababa is testament to that.. does Ethiopia have white people? What's stopping Nigeria from looking like this ? Lack of Whites? This excuses is tired and is a way to mask your failures.

How can you boast off having human resources then lament the lack of White people in the same sentence? You guys are so disappointing..

They will then accuse me of "insulting" but what type of thinking is this?

You want Africans to appreciate black South African work when you are xenophobic to fellow Africans. Foolish. You're wicked to other blacks and you want them to be nice when you don't want them to get free healthcare in your country. Nonsense.

meobizy:
It has to be the white people at the helm of affairs who ensure this. Nigeria should hire some of them. Sha, our leaders love substandard products in a bid to save costs. Na the issue them go face here.

I left the grid three years ago. I dey look the average Nigerian.

They hate white people like they hate other blacks. Very wicked set. They protested to have the white man fired because they were saying he destroyed their eskom . Nonsense people. The man was only trying to help these lazy ones

Evilthoughts:
You want Africans to appreciate black South African work when you are xenophobic to fellow Africans. Foolish. You're wicked to other blacks and you want them to be nice when you don't want them to get free healthcare in your country. Nonsense.

I don't want you to appreciate us, I won't gain anything from that. I want you to snap out of this self-hating and white glazing mentality most of you seem to be ingrained with. White people are not gods..stop seeing them as such.

Nigerians are wicked to each other too! Or that doesnt count? Before you lecture us on xenophobia, tackle your rampant tribalism...or miss us with the hypocrisy

And tell me, does it make sense for an undocumented illegal to get a bed at a South African hospital while a local South African sleeps on the floor? Im asking because this already happening.. why must we be the bread basket of other nations while they fail to hold their leaders accountable?

Evilthoughts:
They hate white people like they hate other blacks. Very wicked set. They protested to have the white man fired because they were saying he destroyed their eskom . Nonsense people. The man was only trying to help these lazy ones

We dont hate white people, we also dont hate other blacks.. we don't worship whites and we won't be taken for granted or disrespected by other blacks just because we share the same hue..

Also, before you speak for your beloved Massa, check how the power utility was doing under De rayter as compared to Dr Ramokgopa.. incompetence knows no color

IronGalaxy:
Qoute the insult directly. What did I say that was an insult?

I quoted you directly but was banned by the bots...


I don't want to get banned again. So I would not copy your words. Or rephrase them.


But if you are sincere enough with yourself you would see where you insulted Nigerians. After all you wrote the words yourself!

I won't go back and forth with you but you and the other South Africans on this thread know what you do!

IronGalaxy:
Qoute the insult directly. What did I say that was an insult?

I quoted you directly and the bots thought I was making the statement...

Hence my ban... that says it all!

MrPresident1:
Nigeria the Giant of Africa has more human and natural resources than South Africa. But we don't have White people.

So the reason why South Africa is booming is because of the presence of White people.

I dey laff coz this is what your papa told you and it's what you gonna tell your kids 😂😂😂🇳🇬👎🏽 Once Ethiopia leapfrogs una, you gonna say it's because they're not black enough.

See the mental abnormality? So you've told yourself you'll never be a Singapore or South Korea because you're black - which is what Rwanda is aiming for 😂😂😂🇳🇬💩💩💩

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brain54:
I quoted you directly but was banned by the bots...


I don't want to get banned again. So I would not copy your words. Or rephrase them.


But if you are sincere enough with yourself you would see where you insulted Nigerians. After all you wrote the words yourself!

I won't go back and forth with you but you and the other South Africans on this thread know what you do!

Lets agree you couldnt point out the insult and keep it moving, yeah? Absolutely no need for an epsitle.

RandDigital:
I dey laff coz this is what your papa told you and it's what you gonna tell your kids 😂😂😂🇳🇬👎🏽 Once Ethiopia leapfrogs una, you gonna say it's because they're not black enough.

See the mental abnormality? So you've told yourself you'll never be a Singapore or South Korea because you're black - which is what Rwanda is aiming for 😂😂😂🇳🇬💩💩💩

That's what they say when you use Morocco as an example.

IronGalaxy:
Ethiopia is one of the fastest growing economies in Africa, their economy is booming and the rapid development of their capital Addis Ababa is testament to that.. does Ethiopia have white people? What's stopping Nigeria from looking like this ? Lack of Whites? This excuse is tired and is a way to mask your failures.

How can you boast off having human resources then lament the lack of White people in the same sentence? You guys are so disappointing..

They will then accuse me of "insulting" but what type of thinking is this?

Ethiopia are not black people. They can behead you if you call them black. They know why Black people are called Black

RandDigital:
I dey laff coz this is what your papa told you and it's what you gonna tell your kids 😂😂😂🇳🇬👎🏽 Once Ethiopia leapfrogs una, you gonna say it's because they're not black enough.

See the mental abnormality? So you've told yourself you'll never be a Singapore or South Korea because you're black - which is what Rwanda is aiming for 😂😂😂🇳🇬💩💩💩

Singapore and South Korea, are they Black? Whitey are the ones that make South Africa to be developed. If not for Whitey, South Africa is just another Black country