Read: Why we have stage 3 load shedding (and links to how you can keep informed).
Zille tweeted that she was on her way to a TV interview when load shedding caused power to the lift to stop. She said it was “damn hot in this lift without [air conditioning]” but managed to find a bright side in the “nice view”.
Zille was stuck in the lift for less than 20 minutes. "Ok out now. Third time I [have] been stuck in a lift. Much less scary than you would expect ,especially if you are with [people] with a sense of humour."
Silondiwe tweeted that she was at the salon with her mom, then "baam. Load Shedding". She asked: "Are we supposed to go home with wet hair?"
Traffic lights were of big concern to many South Africans, eager to get home for the weekend. Claudia Langlois Davey said on Twitter that the load shedding caused traffic jams on the South Coast. "What mayhem at the traffic lights!"
Annette Steyn said on Twitter that Pick n Pay had closed their store in Aliwal North. "So much waste."
In Cape Town, a lift got stuck during the load shedding at the Kenilworth Centre. Rescue workers had to extract the shell-shocked shoppers.
Fin24 user Sadeeqah Salie sent in these photos from the scene:
Instagram user @asinamali said drivers in Durban were all turning into taxi drivers:
For some people, nothing will get in the way of a good cup of coffee
Hilton Tarrant asked where the solar-powered traffic lights were:
Remember those solar-powered traffic lights the City of Joburg and CEF promised us in the 2008 load-shedding crisis? pic.twitter.com/OMZGPQOIFY
— Hilton Tarrant (@hiltontarrant) December 5, 2014
Shopping Centres take the greatest toll like Gateway in Umhlanga in Durban:#LoadShedding : Gee, the whole GateWay Mall is without electricity. Load shedding around here is harsh. #KZN pic.twitter.com/KZNIm0Psyg
— Ashifashabba (@ashifashabba) December 5, 2014
- Fin24.