Frustration as unscheduled outages and load shedding double up Soweto residents' time in dark. How has the higher stage of load shedding affected you?
iStock/Gallo ImagesAs South Africans shivered in the cold weather and braved the rare snow fall this week, the residents of Dobsonville in Soweto were hit by a double whammy - electricity cut offs and load shedding on Tuesday night.
The power was cut off 30 minutes before the scheduled load shedding at 8pm on Tuesday night. Residents told City Press that since Monday, the load shedding started before the scheduled time.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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