To any credible. Welcome to a. W. Business owners lose patience. On the countrys energy crisis. Boris johnson. Says. At home and abroad. Is business Africa Africa business. As well and we start in south africa where the government has made it urgent call to the Energy Industry to help find extra capacity. Crisis states of eskom was the main subject South Africans have been dealing with the worst power for a decade this week paralyzing business across the country. How do you run a cafe in a blackout no lights no coffee machine no electricity. Businesswoman mike spear speaks from experience when she says you cant. Coffees and t. s are afflicted review the boxes of 2000 rand if we morning if it happens in the mornings even afternoons people want they want ever just because make toast to cheeses we cant use any of those devices either mike his business is a victim of the rolling blackouts that this week reached a new level of severity made worse by flooding there were enough to force presi
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President obama and other World Leaders briefed on the situation. Unknown if any americans are among the hostages. We did see images of five people who were inside managed to get out. We do not know if they managed to escape or were released. Five people did manage to get out of the Lindt Chocolate shop. Lets go now to anna coren live near the scene. Good morning, anna, or good evening, anna. Give us the latest. Reporter john, it has gone 9 00 p. M. Local time. The siege has gone into the 11th hour. There are a number of hostages still inside the cafe. Police refusing to say how many. That has been their line all along. You mentioned five hostages have managed to get away. We dont know if they escaped or if they were released. We know that Police Negotiators have been in touch with this armed gunman. Something police have confirmed. He is armed. He was seen walking into the cafe around 9 30 or 9 45 a. M. With a bag and a fact, the member of the public reported it and said there was som