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S.African state utility reinstates rolling power cuts from Monday

FILE PHOTO: A local walks past electricity pylons during frequent power outages from South African utility Eskom, caused by its aging coal-fired plants, in Orlando, Soweto, South Africa, September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

South African state utility Eskom said on Sunday it would resume rolling power cuts from Monday till Wednesday during night-time to attend to unplanned breakdowns and replenish generation capacity.

The beleaguered state utility, which is reliant on aging coal-fired power plants that frequently break down, has been implementing rolling blackouts in the country - locally called load-shedding - for more than a decade.

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