The ONE province with no loadshedding in South Africa
Now, Eskom has detailed why the province with no loadshedding is able to perform the way it does. And the discrepancy between it and other provinces. Specifically, the state-owned entity cites fewer illegal electricity connections and less theft/vandalism. Joburg areas to have continued power outage in May 2025. Image via Instagram @Eskom_holdings
Eskom introduced loadshedding as a system-wide measure when there's insufficient capacity to meet overall electricity demand, says the utility. In so doing, it is able to protect important infrastructural equipment. Therefore preventing more extensive outages – like substation fires, which are common in Gauteng – by temporarily preventing overloading.
Moreover, Eskom's group executive Monde Bala, says illegal electricity connections, meter bypassing, theft/vandalism also contributes to overloading the network. Combine that with typically higher consumption during winter, when consumers use heaters and geysers to keep warm, and you have higher chances of loadshedding. 15 Johannesburg suburbs will experience a power outage this month. Image: iStock
As you can see from the Eskom graphic (up top), Gauteng is 30% more likely to suffer from loadshedding than Western Cape. Likewise, Limpopo and Mphumalanga are 22% higher. Which is ironic considering this is the heart land of South Africa's coal-fired energy reserves.
Meanwhile the province with no loadshedding is working hard to draw energy sustainably and remove itself from the Eskom grid all together. In response, Eskom says it will install 7.2-million 'smart meters' to help reduce losses and enable safer 'loadlimiting' across the country. Provincial Commissioner welcomes copper bust worth about R3 million in Kimberley. Image: SAPS
In turn, theft and vandalism remain significant threats to the continuous supply of electricity in South Africa. Between April 2024 and February 2025, Eskom says infrastructure vandalism and theft cost R221 million. Thankfully, this is down from R271 million in the same period stretching from 2023-2024. On average, Gauteng experiences the highest loadshedding – 179 MW .
. Mpumalanga ranked second with 132 MW .
. Limpopo places third with 103 MW.
While the lowest levels are in the Western, Eastern and Northern Cape respectively.
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