Answer: -Loss of productivity
-Increased cost of doing business
-Decline in foreign investment
-Increase in unemployment
-Decrease in household income
-Rise in inflation
-Reduction of the potential size of the economy by nearly 20% since 20083
-Losses of R20 billion per month for Stage 1 load shedding, R40 billion per month for Stage 2, and R80 billion per month for Stage 34.
-Emotional impact on South Africans, causing anxiety and depression for many people