Following new breakdowns in the coal-fired power stations, which caused Escom to lose around a third of its total production capacity (45,000 megawatts, or 45,000,000 kWh) and a very high energy demand, due to the new Social Development Constructions networks and factories, South Africa has taken the measure that allows it to recover 6,000 megawatts by load shedding, synchronizing neighborhoods with others, on the national network in order to compensate for the deficiency in the supply of electricity.

However, the most important indicator of the energy budget in South Africa is the total consumption of electrical energy, which amounts to 207.10 billion kWh per year.

This therefore represents a consumption of approximately 3,487 kWh per inhabitant.

However, South Africa could be fully energy self-sufficient. The total production of all power generation facilities amounts to 235 billion kWh, or 113% of its own needs.

However, the current supply is lacking.

*Hence our proposal to switch 25% of the electricity supply from 220 volts (50 cycles) to 110 volts (60 cycles) as in the United States of America.*

South African households are largely equipped with household appliances operating with monopolar 220 volts. To avoid replacing devices or making them incompatible, two solutions are necessary:

- Encourage subscribers to purchase inverters.

- Install medium voltage substation.

The second is more plausible.

Indeed, given that 567.4 million kWh is the consumption of electrical energy per day, and if only 25% of the electricity supply to homes migrates to monopolar 110 volts, 141, 85 kWh will be recovered, necessary to compensate for the energy deficiency which led to load shedding