The current stretch of consecutive days without load shedding is far from enough to positively impact the economy, according to Lesetja Kganyago, the Reserve Bank governor.
"I was speaking to people who said 'oh, we've had nine days of no load shedding' and I asked: 'Is the bar that low?'" Kganyago said in an interview on Thursday. Load shedding has been suspended since 26 March after a number of generating units at power stations returned to service.
"We used to get angry that we didn't have electricity for a day. Now we say that 'oh, we're grateful we have had electricity continuously for nine days' and I said that my goodness me, what this means is this electricity situation is impacting the decisions that people make so much."