Eskom Marks 441 Days Without Load-Shedding

Eskom reported 441 consecutive days without load-shedding since 16 May 2025, meeting electricity demand 100% of the time between April and July 2026. The utility hit a daily Energy Availability Factor (EAF) of 82.04% on 26 July — its best daily performance since 2017 — while year-to-date EAF improved 7.28 percentage points year-on-year to 66.97%. Diesel spending fell 85.67% to R807.41 million over the period. Six provinces have been fully removed from load reduction schedules, with roughly 1.196 million customers (70.8% of those affected) restored; Eastern Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal remain partly affected. Eskom targets eliminating load reduction nationwide by 2027.