Corrupt officials or technicians could be behind suburbs getting lower or no load-shedding.
Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse CEO Wayne Duvenage and energy expert Chris Yelland have expressed concerns over how certain areas in South Africa are possibly being exempted from load-shedding without the appropriate regulatory approval.The publication wanted to learn more about the increasing prevalence of residents boasting about not getting load-shedding and property agents even advertising certain locations as load-shedding-free.
In addition, Nersa has acknowledged it has not audited power distributors to determine whether they were implementing load-shedding fairly. An FF Plus council member in Tshwane, Mark Surgeon, said exemptions in some regions of the metro were “purely administrative” decisions, with no permission required from the council.
The reality is often more complex, with the reasons often being technical — like a sensitive substation prone to breaking down with frequent switching.
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