As South Africa faces down the most severe period of rolling blackouts and failures with energy provision, many senior leaders who have oversight of key aspects of the country’s attempts to address its interconnected energy and climate crises are choosing to leave their posts.
Embattled State-owned utility Eskom has denied having implemented either Stage 7 or Stage 8 loadshedding during what it acknowledged to have been a “tough week”, during which it reported power cuts exceeding 7 000 MW over some evening peaks. Each stage of loadshedding typically equates to 1 000 MW.