South Africa needs emergency energy right now: Ramaphosa

Reuters

South Africa is battling the worst electricity outages on record implemented by state utility Eskom

Nellie Peyton and Bhargav Acharya, Reuters News

May 11, 2023

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JOHANNESBURG - South Africa needs emergency energy right now to deal with a power crisis, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday.

South Africa is battling the worst electricity outages on record implemented by state utility Eskom, meaning some households and businesses are without power for more than 10 hours a day.

(Reporting by Nellie Peyton and Bhargav Acharya; Editing by Alexander Winning)

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