Health · Mental Health · 7 hrs ago
Students link South Africa’s load shedding to anxiety and lower grades
Students linked South Africa’s power cuts to anxiety, poor sleep and lower grades.
The cuts, known as load shedding, are scheduled outages carried out by the national utility, Eskom.
In 2023, power cuts occurred on 335 days and often happened several times a day.
This was the country’s worst year of load shedding.
The reported effects span mental health, rest and school performance, though the available information does not say that the cuts alone caused them.
South Africa has since gone more than a year and a half without planned power cuts.
The information provided does not say what happens next.
South Africa’s worst year of load shedding was 2023, when scheduled power cuts occurred on 335 of 365 days.
Students link load shedding to anxiety, disrupted sleep and lower grades.
The cuts often occurred several times a day.
South Africa has since gone more than a year and a half without planned power cuts.
- Who
- Students in South Africa.
- What
- Students link load shedding to anxiety, disrupted sleep and lower grades.
- When
- The worst year for load shedding was 2023. The timing of the students’ reported experiences is not stated.
- Where
- South Africa.
- Why
- The sources link the reported anxiety, disrupted sleep and lower grades to load shedding.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
South Africa experienced its worst year of load shedding, with power cuts on 335 of 365 days.
South Africa has gone more than a year and a half without planned power cuts.
- Worst year
- 2023
- Days with power cuts
- 335 of 365
- Frequency
- Often several times a day
- Time without planned cuts
- More than a year and a half