Engineering News editor Terence Creamer outlines the reasons for power utility Eskom having to implement high levels of loadshedding so far this year; some of the short-term interventions that are being discussed; possible medium- and longer-term solutions that should be considered; the proposed move of Eskom from the Department of Public Enterprises to the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy; and when South Africans are likely to be informed about the solutions government intends to pursue to resolve the electricity supply disruptions.