Speaking in Parliament last week, Eskom group executive: generation Matshela Koko expressed supreme confidence that growth-sapping power cuts would not return to haunt South Africa. “Load-shedding is a thing of the past and is no longer part of our vocabulary,” he said. For a city such a Pretoria, pictured above, power stability will be essential not only for maintaining contentment among residents, but also if the city is to have any real prospect of reigniting economic growth.