Eskom’s unintended job-creation scheme helps DIY traffic cops
But taxi drivers are a law unto themselves, self-appointed load-shedding traffic conductors say
18 June 2023 - 00:00
Thanks to load-shedding, a new income source has opened up for the unemployed and homeless: directing traffic when the robots go dead...
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