NATIONAL NEWS - South Africans have expressed dismay at the return of load shedding.
Some have noted that it was unusual for the planned power outages to take place in summer when strain on the grid should be substantially less. Others have noted with despair the closeness to December, a month when work is winding down for many South Africans and power is a valuable commodity in preparation for the holiday season.
Eskom, meanwhile, maintains that it must ease strain on the grid to avoid a total blackout, announcing on Friday that there would likely be stage 2 load shedding between 9am and 10pm.
But South Africans have another reason for cursing Eskom’s timing. Beyoncé has arrived in South Africa alongside her husband Jay Z for the Global Citizen festival at FNB stadium on Sunday, and people have taken to Twitter to lash out at the power utility for their decision to “embarrass us” by implementing load shedding while the “queen” is visiting.
