The effects of ongoing load shedding in South Africa have far-reaching impacts on cities, placing more strain on residences, businesses and municipalities. Despite a number of contingency measures, Eskom's non-stop bouts of load shedding at high stages, including Stage 6, have been impacting city infrastructures in a significantly negative way.
The country's municipal substations are increasingly blowing up, adding to South Africans' electricity woes. To discuss the impact of load shedding on the electricity infrastructure of municipalities, we welcome the South African Local Government Association national working group chairperson for electricity and energy Thami Ngubane, and a Doctorate Researcher in Town and Regional Planning & Contract Lecturer at the University of KwaZulu Natal Edmore Mutsaa.
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