Cable theft and ageing infrastructure have intermittently left homes, schools and businesses across Johannesburg in the dark. Suburbs on the east, south and northwest of the city have been hit with power outages lasting as long as 36 hours over the last week.
Witpoortjie in Roodeport was badly affected as temperatures plummeted over the weekend, leaving thousands of residents in the cold.
...
AllAfrica Subscription Content
You must be an allAfrica.com subscriber for full access to certain content.
You have selected an article from the AllAfrica archive, which requires a subscription. You can subscribe by visiting our subscription page. Or for more information about becoming a subscriber, you can read our subscription and contribution overview.
For information about our premium subscription services:
You can also freely access - without a subscription - hundreds of today's top Africa stories and thousands of recent news articles from our home page »
Already a subscriber? Sign in for full access to article