date:Dec 04, 2018
periencing two daily cuts of approximately two hours duration each since last week will have a significant impact on the stonefruit season. Fortunately, the load shedding programme is announced in advance (even if Eskom doesnt always strictly keep to it, causing annoyance when workers have been told to remain at home and then theres no power cut) and the duration is only between two to four hours at a stretch.
Since the major power cuts of 2011 and 2007, most packhouses have invested in contin