{"id":965318,"date":"2024-07-11T17:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T17:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=965318"},"modified":"2024-07-11T17:00:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T17:00:10","slug":"x-users-remain-dismayed-by-eskom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/x-users-remain-dismayed-by-eskom\/","title":{"rendered":"X users remain dismayed by Eskom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social media users believe that Eskom has not turned the corner regarding load shedding.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week the state-owned entity announced that the country has managed to evade load shedding for over 100 consecutive days due to sufficient production capacity to provide energy across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>However, with the arrival of winter, the issue of network overloading has resurfaced.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, SABC News&#8217; social media account asked users in a poll, &#8220;Do you think South Africa has turned the corner regarding load shedding?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>77% of respondents believe Eskom&#8217;s current stance on electricity supply is temporary, while 23% think that Eskom has successfully managed to improve the energy supply in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Do you think South Africa has turned the corner regarding load shedding?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SABCElectricityFocus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SABCElectricityFocus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/loadshedding?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#loadshedding<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SABC News (@SABCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SABCNews\/status\/1811283513779339544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Although Eskom has turned the tide on load shedding the power utility announced in July that they would introduce load reduction to safeguard human lives as a result of energy theft.<\/p>\n<p>The concept of load reduction has been questioned by users on X (Twitter).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">There&#8217;s this monster called load reduction running for 4 hours twice a day. So it is the same nothing changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Percy   (@Dashiqi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dashiqi\/status\/1811289002403623363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Eskom Group Executive for Distribution Monde Bala says overloaded transformers are a result of theft which threatens human life. Load reduction is implemented as the last resort as all other options have been exhausted.<\/p>\n<p>The energy supplier emphasises that load reduction is not load shedding and is only implemented in high-risk areas due to increased energy use. This increased energy consumption is prevalent during peak hours when demand is the highest.<\/p>\n<p>Transformer overload is most common between 5:00 &#8211; 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 &#8211; 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA transformer damaged by overloading can leave an area without power for up to six months, protecting Eskom\u2019s assets is in the best interest of all South Africans,\u201d adds Bala.<\/p>\n<p>Eskom encourages clients to limit their energy use to avoid sudden load reductions and power outages, using a variety of energy-saving methods<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday marks 106 days since South Africa last experienced load shedding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":965319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[217],"tags":[303,848,1122,1017,314],"class_list":["post-965318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-africa","tag-eskom","tag-load-reduction","tag-loadshedding","tag-power-utility","tag-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=965318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/965319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=965318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=965318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=965318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}