Below you will find example sentences with "load shedding". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Load Shedding in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: load
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 23
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 25.7 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "load shedding" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 4 6 load shedding have resulted, africa s load shedding is practically, stage, country and power stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with heavy load, viral load, full load, heavy load and full load, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with load shedding
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
I’m so sick of load shedding. (7 words)
City Power has gone to market for alternative energy sources in an effort to mitigate load shedding. (17 words)
Due to the country’s persistent load shedding crisis, traffic lights without power have become a daily occurrence. (18 words)
Action SA president Herman Mashaba, however, rejected the announcement by Eskom and said: “This ludicrous announcement makes it clear that there still is no coherent plan to get us out of this mess nearly 15 years after load shedding began. (40 words)
Because the future of every single person in Chatsworth now depends on getting the DA into government so we can save our country - from load shedding, from crime, and from the ANC's race quotas! (35 words)
He further said: “However, there are no immediate plans to extend freeway lighting into low population density areas due to the high risk of vandalism and theft of copper cables that occurs during load shedding. (35 words)
Because the future of every single person in Chatsworth now depends on getting the DA into government so we can save our country - from load shedding, from crime, and from the ANC's race quotas! (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Load shedding was previously expected to alternate between stage 4 and stage 5 load shedding in the daytime and evening peak, respectively.
South Africa’s load shedding is practically permanent now with the only change being what stage of load shedding the country finds itself in at any given moment.
The current load shedding schedules – including regular stage 4-6 load-shedding – have resulted in significantly reduced run time and indicative lifespan for these lead acid batteries.
The power utility also confirmed that chances of Stage 8 load shedding has been reduced even though the country has already experienced high stages of load shedding.
Customers are advised to keep checking their load shedding schedules on the Eskom and their municipal websites and plan on the assumption that load shedding will take place.
Action SA president Herman Mashaba, however, rejected the announcement by Eskom and said: “This ludicrous announcement makes it clear that there still is no coherent plan to get us out of this mess nearly 15 years after load shedding began.
As there were so few people around, the island had implemented 'load shedding' – shutting down electricity supply in certain quarters to help others – which meant only a couple of hours' power a day.
At least now that Eskom has stepped in to take full charge of Ekurhuleni’s load shedding, there will, in future, be justice and equity – we should all suffer the same.
Because the future of every single person in Chatsworth now depends on getting the DA into government so we can save our country - from load shedding, from crime, and from the ANC's race quotas!
City Power has gone to market for alternative energy sources in an effort to mitigate load shedding.
Criminologist Professor Jaco Barkhuizen said housebreaking and robberies have increased in South Africa due to the continued load shedding.
Due to the country’s persistent load shedding crisis, traffic lights without power have become a daily occurrence.
Ekurhuleni councillor Lana Marais said she had a briefing with residents and they expressed how tired they are with the financial loss caused by load shedding.
Electricity Minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has warned South Africa to expect more and possible higher stages of load shedding as Eskom ramps up maintenance on its units.
Fortunately, the Steve Biko Academic Hospital is one of the health institutions in the country that is exempt from load shedding.
Fuel price hikes worsen the impact of load shedding as SA consumers will have to spend more to run generators during prolonged power cuts.
He further said: “However, there are no immediate plans to extend freeway lighting into low population density areas due to the high risk of vandalism and theft of copper cables that occurs during load shedding.
Hours-long blackouts are a common occurrence in South Africa, with more “load shedding” hours recorded so far in 2023 than in all of 2022, according to Semafor.
I know that everyone is going through the same daily frustrations around this ridiculous load shedding stage 6 and unknowns beyond this.
I’m so sick of load shedding.