South Africa marks a full year without load shedding as Eskom steadies

President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa has now gone more than a year without load shedding, crediting the National Energy Crisis Committee, Eskom’s recovery and added grid capacity as a central plank of an economic recovery he outlined in the Presidency Budget Vote. He paired the energy gains with logistics reforms at Transnet and R890 billion in investment pledges from the latest South Africa Investment Conference, while warning that the Middle East oil crisis threatens recent progress. Reliable power remains the country’s most visible test of whether the Government of National Unity can translate stability into jobs.

Source: SAnews (South African Government News Agency); The Presidency (2026).