Load-shedding anxiety: how bad policy and failed delivery damage our nation’s psyche

For a country with a tortured and traumatic history such as ours, SA has never had much of a robust public discourse on mental health — especially with respect to public policymaking

03 July 2022 - 00:00 By Lindiwe Mazibuko

Since Tuesday’s announcement by Eskom CEO André de Ruyter that stage 6 power cuts were on the cards (and then they abruptly kicked in), my nerves have been fraying at the edges. ..

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