Stage 6 loadshedding for South Africans while Eskom sells electricity to neighbours
6 July 2022
Note to Editors: Please find attached soundbite by Ghaleb Cachalia MP.
In the last month, South Africa has experienced one of the worst periods of rolling blackouts in its history. Stage 6 loadshedding has crippled both large and small businesses, families are sitting in the dark with some already without food and unable to stay warm.
Analysts estimate that these rolling blackouts cost the South African economy between R500 million and R700 million per stage, per day.
Whilst South Africa has been in its darkest period these past few years, Eskom has continued selling and supplying neighbouring countries with electricity – electricity which could have reduced stages of loadshedding for ordinary South Africans if that supply was kept here.