‘Eskom can’t touch us.’ Meet the two towns that can’t be load shed

Northern Cape towns energised by unusual connection

25 September 2022 - 00:01

They were the towns that nobody wanted — until now.  Kleinzee and Koingnaas in a remote corner of the Northern Cape have had no load-shedding due to a quirk of history...

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