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Joburg runs dry, loses power — with warnings of worse to come

06 June 2021 - 00:00 By GILL GIFFORD, ALEX PATRICK and BELINDA PHETO

Johannesburg residents were forced to deal with recurring water and power cuts this week. And water outages across the city would get worse if drastic action was not taken quickly, experts warned...

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