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South Africa Power Crisis: Lights Stay on Before Election Creating Suspicion – Bloomberg

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South Africa is enjoying a rare streak of uninterrupted electricity right before elections, drawing more suspicion than praise in a nation that’s become accustomed to the daily power cuts that have dragged on for years.
The country is currently in its fourth successive week of no outages — the longest period South Africans have consistently had electricity supply in more than two years.

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