I WRITE this article in the light of a rechargeable lamp. My computer and Wi-Fi are connected to an inverter with batteries. I'm in the eighth hour of loadshedding since midnight – and I live in Cape Town, which is usually affected less severely than others regions. It's stage 6.
We must accept it as the new new normal, despite a new special minister of electricity and many promises.
Energy experts fear we can have stage 8 loadshedding within a month or two as the winter demand increases...
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THE GOOD OLD DAYS
Hello darkness my old friend
In July, our coldest month of winter, we may look back at stage 4 loadshedding as ‘the good old days', writes MAX DU PREEZ, with or without Sputla.
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I WRITE this article in the light of a rechargeable lamp. My computer and Wi-Fi are connected to an inverter with batteries. I'm in the eighth hour of loadshedding since midnight – and I live in Cape Town, which is usually affected less severely than others regions. It's stage 6.
We must accept it as the new new normal, despite a new special minister of electricity and many promises.
Energy experts fear we can have stage 8 loadshedding within a month or two as the winter demand increases...
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Editor-in-chiefMax du Preez is the editor-in-chief of Vrye Weekblad. He was the founding editor of the original Vrye Weekblad.