A hitchhiker's guide through the South African electricity system, PART ONE

It's going to get ugly here, so we, as South Africans, need to have much better understanding of our country's electricity system, Eskom, our consumption patterns and pricing, the cost of load-shedding and how we can, if ever, escape from the precarious situation in which we find ourselves these days. So we thought the best way to present it to you, dear traveller through South Africa's electrical space-time continuum, is through this extensive hitchhiker's guide in six parts. Today, Part One: Everything you wanted to know about Eskom but were too afraid to ask. Series conceptualised and written by DIRK DE VOS.