Eskom technicians try to fix major Soweto outage after being held hostage

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Eskom technicians try to fix major Soweto outage after being held hostage

Eskom technicians returned to site after being held hostage while trying to identify the cause of an outage that is affecting 10 Soweto suburbs on Friday.

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

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