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'It's been a rough ride.' Eskom CEO André de Ruyter puts his reference to Stage 15 power cuts into context and gives an update on the state of the national grid.
The unprecedented load-shedding in the past week is crippling businesses and putting workers' incomes at risk, particularly those at small firms battling to stay open.
Food such as meat, milk and cheeses are particularly prone to becoming contaminated when the fridge temperature rises above 4°C.
If the private sector got involved - who knows? South Africans will clutch to any straw at this point for solutions to the energy crisis.
Power utility Eskom has revealed that, in the event of grid collapse, South Africa would be left without electricity ‘for weeks’.