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South Africa’s big light bulb ban
South African retailers can no longer sell light bulbs with luminous efficiency lower than 90 lumens per watt (lm/W), which includes most compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) and incandescent bulbs.
Although the official ban kicked in on 24 May 2025, the Department of Trade, Industry, and Competition gave retailers until November 2025 to clear their stock of light bulbs that don’t meet its specifications.