Kruger National Park: Power outage challenges at Satara Rest Camp! [update]

update (07 November 2024): Eskom has restored the power supply. Satara Rest Camp in Kruger National Park is now back on normal operations.

South African National Parks (SANParks) on Saturday (02 November 2024) announced that Satara Rest Camp in Kruger National Park was badly affected by the recent hail storm that has broken down 21 Eskom power poles. The team from Eskom has been working at the camp to restore the fault for several days.
Satara Rest Camp is currently operating on contingency plans such as generator power supply for the whole camp. For this reason, multiple services have suffered a significant setback. The camp is still fully operational while the management team works to restore the power together with Eskom personnel. Guests are advised to please ensure that they have enough cash to access fuel services as all card machines are not working. Satara Rest Camp is also struggling with cell phone reception. We'll keep you posted!

Addo Elephant National Park: Planned power outage on 28 August 2024!

South African National Parks (SANParks) has announced that several locations in the Sundays River Valley Municipality in South Africa's Eastern Cape, including Addo Elephant National Park, will experience a planned power outage by Eskom* on 28 August 2024 from 05:00 - 19:00. According to SANParks, the management of Addo Elephant National Park will run generators during the power outage, but cannot guarantee that it will be for the entire duration.  

*Eskom is a South African state owned electricity public utility.

Kruger National Park: Lower Sabie Rest Camp is currently without power supply! [update]

update (30 Juni 2024): Power has been restored at Lower Sabie Rest Camp in Kruger National Park.

South African National Parks (SANParks) just informed the public that Lower Sabie Rest Camp in Kruger National Park is currently without power suppy. This is due to a couple of Eskom* poles that burned. The fire is suspected to have erupted sometime between last night (26 June 2024) and early this morning, with the cause not yet known.
The matter has been reported to Eskom in the early hours this morning. According to SANParks, no positive feedback has been received sofar from Eskom and Eskom is not on sight to deal with the issue yet. Generator power has not been able to sustain Lower Sabie Rest Camp including restaurant facilities since the outage. We'll keep you posted!

*Eskom is a South African state owned electricity public utility.

Kruger National Park: Two Rest Camps currently have no power suppy from Eskom! [update #2]

update (06 June 2024): SANParks just announced that Eskom power has been fully restored at Lower Sabie Rest Camp. Power was disrupted due to the storm that took down several power lines. The water shortage issue has since been resolved too, and the pumps are fully operational with Eskom power. 

update (05 June 2024): SANParks just announced that Eskom power has been restored at Crocodile Bridge Rest Camp. Lower Sabie Rest Camp is still relying on generators for power supply.

South African National Parks (SANParks) has announced that the Lower Sabie Rest Camp and the Crocodile Bridge Rest Camp in Kruger National Park currently have no power supply from Eskom* since last night (03 June 2024). These two camps’ power supply was affected by the storm from last night. The issue was escalated to Eskom as of this morning. Eskom indicated that they are currently inundated since the whole area was hard hit by the storm. SANParks is currently using its own generators, but they cannot power up the whole camp at one go. We'll keep you posted!

*Eskom is a South African state owned electricity public utility.

South Africa: Load shedding possible during 2010 World Cup

Eskom, South Africa's electricity public utility, just told the media that the company expects to be under pressure during the 2010 World Cup in the country. According to Fin24.co.za the state-owned utility "will regularly update South Africans on supply during the tournament, which starts June 11, and ask them to turn off some appliances if power runs low".
Under worst circumstances Eskom will ask South Africans to turn off everything but one TV and one light. No joke! That's what Fin24.co.za is reporting on their website!

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