This loadshedding is becoming part of our lives . We are forced to adjust to it and run errands as normal. Above all the matters we are facing as South Africa, loadshedding remains number one.
THIS VIDEO SHOWS HOW SOUTH AFRICAN CITIZENS HAVE ADJUSTED TO LIVING WITH LOADSHEDDING, THEY EVEN FIND HUMOUR IN IT.
The use of social media during loadshedding
EXPRESSIONS
As the country is faced with loadshedding ,people have turn to social media to reveal their frustrations while others find a way to accept it. https://www.sabcnews.com/sabc news/social-media-lights-up-amid-load-shedding
CHALLENGES BROUGHT BY LOADSHEDDING IN USE OF THE INTERNET
1.Digital marketing and advertising affected
At work , excuses are increasing say by day as workers will arrive late because of power. Campaigns that are done online can not even reach the targeted audience because loadsheddding affects internet access..jpeg)
Adverts are paid to be seen at a specific time by that'audience' only to find out that audience did not see because of loadshedding. https://m.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/16/231701.html. The number of viewers decreases . As television is the most used media channel to get to the audience, that is now impossible because of loadshedding. Reliable TV audience is unreachable. https://the media online.co.za/2020/03/three-ways-load-shedding-has-affected-advertising-in-media
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Businesses falling
Theft is at liberty to increase. Most of the businesses use security that requires power and when loadshedding hits, businesses will be easily attacked. That will results to poor supply,loss of income and running bankrupt .https://www.channelmobile.co.za/blog/the-impact-of-loadshedding-on-businesses.
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Social media must not be a reliable site to use to know about the frequently updated loadshedding schedule because people can lie at times. Businesses must have verified application for loadshedding schedule.
This information is amazing! Lots of industries have lost employees because of loadshedding. It have negatively impacted lots of lives.
ReplyDeleteLosses are made daily,the economy is at trough
DeleteThis is good and I believe there's more PRPs can do to solve this problem
ReplyDeleteThey can but the public cannot be convinced now about this loadshedding,they have had enough
DeleteThis is very interesting keep up the good work
ReplyDeleteVery informative piece of work
ReplyDeleteI had to deliver,thank you
DeleteThis is great..keep it up
ReplyDeleteThank you so much
DeleteHowever city power does update people on the outages using a social media platform which is twitter and it is reliable therefore you can't really say social media is not reliable. People should just follow reliable pages on social media.
ReplyDeleteI get you even though not all sources are reliable ,it is the business duty to look for loadshedding schedule
DeleteThis information is useful and you said we are forced to adjust which is true
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