Load shedding is South Africa’s scheduled rotational power cuts, imposed when electricity demand exceeds supply. For workplaces it is an operating constraint: offices with generators, solar and UPS capacity become productivity refuges while home suburbs sit dark.
That inverts the usual hybrid logic: attendance rises when the office offers power and connectivity that home cannot. Offices in load-shedding regions see demand spike with the schedule, which makes bookable desks and live capacity visibility genuinely operational tools rather than conveniences.