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Mar 22 2019 09:13

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Mar 22 2019 08:22

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Feb 15 2019 12:12

Find your load shedding schedule for Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, Nelson Mandela Bay and Polokwane.

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'Signs are encouraging' load shedding will be reduced - Eskom

Mar 22 2019 07:51

Friday is the first day in almost a week that Eskom will not implement Stage 4 power cuts.

 

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