Newcastle residents are no longer having candlelit dinner by choice.
The Newcastle town hall. Residents experienced load-shedding for the first time in the town's history on Monday.
Not one of the 55,000 inhabitants of Newcastle West in the northern KwaZulu-Natal town had ever experienced load-shedding until the lights went off without warning on Monday. In the past the Newcastle municipality, a licensed distributor of electricity, introduced its own electricity saving measures for the prevention of scheduled blackouts for residents and businesses.During periods of national load-shedding, the town cut back on a certain amount of electricity per day, depending on the national grid requirements.
When load-shedding hit, the town implemented geyser switches. Geyser-controlling regulators are installed in every home and these were switched off during peak times.“The residents and businesses were shocked to be load-shed on Monday for the first time. Eskom decided to load shed our industrial area at 10am on Monday with no warning at all,” said Johan Pieters of the Newcastle Growth Coalition.
Why isn't there a schedule for load shedding so we can plan our days accordingly. It's the least you can do🙅😒
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