South Africa: Communities Continue to Remain in the Dark As 1 135 Transformers Across the Country Are Not Working

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South Africa: Communities Continue to Remain in the Dark As 1 135 Transformers Across the Country Are Not Working

Press Release - While thirteen days with no loadshedding is very much a welcome development, the sad reality is that there are many communities across the country that have been left in the dark because transformers in those communities are either not working or are not being replaced fast enough after they have been vandalised or damaged.

Source: allAfrica.com

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