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South Africa’s Tumultuous History With Load-Shedding
When the lights go out in South Africa, not everyone suffers equally. Here’s how historical infrastructure decisions shape the current electricity crisis.
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Load Shedding and its Possible Impact on South Africa’s Upcoming Elections
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South Africans Are Angry After Load Shedding Leaves the Country in the Dark
The national power utility, Eskom, has implemented stage-6 load shedding which effectively means it has lost close to half of its generating capacity.
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