The citrus industry is feeling the pressure of load shedding, with cold storage operators incurring big expenses from running their generators.
Cold storage operators at the Durban port have not felt much of the pressure yet, as the eThekwini municipality has been exempted from load shedding while the province recovers from the recent floods. Load shedding in the area will recommence on 1 August, however, the CGA plans to engage Transnet on keeping them exempt, as more than 60% citrus destined for overseas markets is exported through that port.
Over the past week and half, South Africa has experienced one of the worst bouts of rolling blackouts of varying stages. Before this round of load shedding, the country had only undergone Stage 6 once, in 2019.
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