{"id":28645,"date":"2023-04-20T11:13:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T11:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/load-shedding-in-sa-is-hitting-factories-in-mauritius"},"modified":"2023-04-20T12:02:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T12:02:32","slug":"load-shedding-in-sa-is-hitting-factories-in-mauritius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/load-shedding-in-sa-is-hitting-factories-in-mauritius","title":{"rendered":"Load shedding in SA is hitting factories in Mauritius"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>The inability of South Africa\u2019s main power producer Eskom to meet demand is not only hurting the continent\u2019s most-industrialised economy but affecting manufacturers on an island more than 3 200km away.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Chronic power shortages have reduced demand for Mauritian manufactured goods by South African retailers, the main buyer of products from Mauritius, Arif Currimjee, the outgoing chairman of the Mauritius Export Association, said in an emailed response to questions.<\/p>\n

The outages pose a \u201cdownside risk\u201d to growth in the industry after two straight years of recovery, he said. The power cuts, which intensified in 2022, have led to a slump in demand, increased costs and reduced trading hours for South Africa\u2019s retailers.<\/p>\n

Their sales have declined for four of five months, compared with a year earlier. Sales to South Africa of manufactured goods from Mauritius fell almost 29% to 2.07 billion rupees (R842 million) in the final quarter of last year, compared with the prior three months.<\/p>\n

The Foschini Group in March estimated the outages cut its retail revenue for the 2023 financial year by about R1 billion rand and robbed it of 345 000 trading hours in the 11 months through Feb. 28. Eskom Chairman Mpho Makwana said last week the utility is only expected to return to \u201chealthy energy availability\u201d by March 2025.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mauritius<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mauritius. The inability of South Africa\u2019s main power producer Eskom to meet demand is not only hurting the continent\u2019s most-industrialised economy but affecting manufacturers on an island more than 3 200km away. 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