40 days without load-shedding, but rolling outages not over yet

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Load Shedding

South Africa has marked 40 days without load-shedding, with no imminent power cuts on the horizon, but despite this trend, rolling blackouts are unlikely to vanish by year’s end. (Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Government’s partnership with business and the increase in solar rooftops, photovoltaic and battery storage has contributed to the decrease in blackouts

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