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Ismail Sha studies with a rechargeable lantern for his final examination during one of the frequent power outages, called load-shedding, from South Africa’s struggling power utility Eskom, because of ageing coal-fired power stations, in Cape Town, South Africa, October 25, 2022.
Residents of Rabie Ridge in northern Johannesburg have barricaded roads with rocks and burning tyres. They say they’ve been without electricity for two weeks.
Community member Calvin Bantham says they’re tired of being in the dark.
“Two weeks the community did not have electricity. Last night, the community had to watch the contractors finish and when they asked them they told the community that the cable that they have is only temporary. The cable that is needed is a 300m cable. So surely the problem will occur again. That’s why the community is up in a shutdown so that City Power can see what damage they are causing to this community,” says Bantham.
Police have been deployed to the area.
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Rabie Ridge Ext 1&2 : Full supply has been restored. The outage was due to a double cable fault on the circuit.
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