Shocking litany of problems lie behind power outages plaguing Johannesburg

01 November 2020 - 00:00 By mpumzi zuzile

Decrepit infrastructure, illegal connections, vacancies in crucial engineering posts and underspending of the capital budget are just some of the reasons for scores of power cuts across Johannesburg every week...

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