The incessant interruptions in SA’s power supply over the past 15-plus years have severely constrained economic growth. As the load-shedding situation has worsened so has the shrinkage of the economy. News headlines shout out frightening news, such as “Economic activity shrinks as power crisis bites”. At this point it is extremely difficult for anyone to predict if SA’s finances will recover from the effects of blackouts, when they will recover (if ever), and what the recovery might look like.