Load shedding is costing food producers millions, and its not expected to get better any time soon.
Stage 6 load shedding is costing big businesses R1.5 million a day to keep the lights on.
Tiger Brands, Africa’s biggest listed food maker, will install solar power at four manufacturing sites by early next year, part of a wider rollout to reduce the company’s dependence on South Africa’s state-owned electricity firm.
Eskom has again taken centre stage at a time when South Africa can ill afford blackouts at increasing regularity, and for longer periods of the day - while strike action is also unwelcome amid growing global economic concerns and rising…
New sales data shows that the South African shoppers have undertaken some big shifts since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020 - including where they shop and what they buy.