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In a country where electricity is essential for daily life, it is fast becoming a privilege rather than a right in South Africa. (David Harrison)

ANDRE DE RUYTER

Load-shedding set to continue for the rest of the week

No load-shedding for flood-hit eThekwini metro, because the area is not consuming its daily average of 1 600MW of power

Eunice Masson

Eskom told the Mail & Guardian it had only received a R9 billion World Bank loan to decommission its coal-fired Komati power station. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Load-shedding on the cards as Eskom prioritises maintenance

Eskom chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer says the utility will continue with planned maintenance, even at the risk of load-shedding

Anathi Madubela