Significant damage is anticipated to have been done to Mahikeng's local economy after a substation explosion plunged the area into darkness for close to two weeks.
JOHANNESBURG – The effects of an 11-day power outage in Mahikeng in the North West will be felt for months to come.
“With this total failure of Eskom, where they initially said three days, but now it's been 11 days already, it's costing me an initial R400,000 in diesel just to try and keep the product at food health and safety standards. We can't sustain it,” said business owner Gustaf Trichardt. Sumandie Martin, who lives with her husband and parents in Golfview, recently spent the last of her grocery money on diesel for their small generator. Her father is on permanent oxygen, and relies on insulin medication for his diabetes.
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