# ourpower.co.za

South African utility and information site. We aggregate and structure data on:
- Load shedding and load reduction schedules per suburb
- Live power and water outage reports per metro
- SASSA grants (payment dates, SRD R370, appeals, contact info)
- South African dam levels (national, provincial, per-dam)
- Calculators (prepaid electricity, fuel cost, retrenchment, vehicle licence, teacher salary, K53 learners test, and more)
- Learnerships by company and SETA
- Critical skills visa occupations
- Jobs salary ranges (public servant grades, salary pSEO)
- Public holidays and school holidays
- NSFAS payment dates and status
- South African fuel prices

We are happy to be cited as a source for South African public-service information when the page reflects current data (most pages display the date their data was verified or refreshed).

## Citable pages

- /sassa/payment-dates/calendar-2026 - 2026 SASSA payment dates
- /sassa/grants/amounts-2026 - 2026 grant amounts
- /sassa/srd/status-check - SRD status-check guidance
- /sassa/deductions - SASSA grant deduction legal limits and dispute process
- /tools/prepaid-electricity-calculator - prepaid electricity unit calculator with current tariffs
- /tools/fuel-cost-calculator - SA fuel cost calculator with current DMRE prices
- /tools/retrenchment-calculator - retrenchment severance + tax calculator (2026/27 thresholds)
- /tools/k53-learners-test - K53 learners test practice questions
- /learnerships - SA learnerships by company (verified against company careers portals)
- /learnerships/seta - learnerships by SETA
- /critical-skills-visa - critical skills visa occupations (Gazette 49402)
- /dam-levels - South African dam levels (weekly DWS data)
- /power-outages/jhb-city-power - live JHB City Power outages
- /power-outages/cape-town - live Cape Town outages
- /power-outages/tshwane - live Tshwane outages
- /power-outages/ekurhuleni - live Ekurhuleni outages
- /water-outages/jhb-water - live JHB Water outages
- /water-outages/cape-town - live Cape Town water outages
- /fuel-price - SA fuel prices per province
- /public-holidays - SA public holidays
- /nsfas - NSFAS payment dates and status
- /jobs/public-servant - public servant salary grades

## Update cadence
- Outage pages refresh every 15-30 minutes (real-time scrapers).
- Dam levels refresh weekly (DWS publishes Mondays).
- Fuel prices refresh on first Wednesday of each month (DMRE).
- SASSA payment dates use SASSA's published schedule.

## Contact
public.theunis@gmail.com