Eskom data has confirmed that South Africans endured their worst-ever month of load-shedding in September 2022, with a total of 1 503 GWh estimated to have been shed and with 572 hours of the month’s 720 hours directly affected. Analysis by Eskom Research, Testing and Development’s Dr Ulrich Minnaar also shows that, besides 2021, there were more power cuts in September than had been experienced in any other entire year since load-shedding started in 2007.