Activists at SAHRC hearings suggest ways to eliminate load reduction

While SA is experiencing a reprieve from load-shedding, load reduction is seemingly on the rise, Human Rights Commission inquiry hears

04 February 2025 - 04:30

Load reduction has a debilitating effect on poor communities and Eskom should not punish everyone because of those who were bypassing their meters or were connected to the grid illegally...

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