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Load shedding: There are 1000 households worse off than yours!

7 May 2015 By Alan Straton

Straton Solar Power

Residents of the small Eastern Cape town of Sterkstroom have been without power since a transformer in the town exploded on Monday morning. This has left approximately 1 000 households, government institutions, farmers and businesses in the area without electricity for four days and residents are now at their wits' end. Sterkstroom, along with neighbouring Molteno, falls under the Inkwanca Municipality, which was placed under administration last year. While some businesses have been … [Read more...] about Load shedding: There are 1000 households worse off than yours!

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