Load shedding is a relatively new challenge for us and the unpredictability of these power outages have made an already difficult situation almost unmanageable.

In the past few months “load shedding” has become one of South Africa’s most commonly used phrases. Last year this time, many people didn’t even know what it meant.

If you have been living in a cave, then you would be forgiven for not knowing that load shedding has been Eskom, South Africa’s power utility’s, euphemism for the rolling blackouts that have plagued the country the last few years.