South African Government to Include Hospitals in Power Cuts
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South African Government to Include Hospitals in Power Cuts
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South Africa's government says it will launch an urgent appeal against a court ruling that hospitals, schools and police stations be exempt from power cuts - or that they are...
show moreMinister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan says the decision was taken to avoid undue risk to the national grid, at a time when the government was trying to end load shedding.
South Africa has been hit with power cuts lasting up to 10 hours, seriously disrupting the day-to-day lives of people and having a damaging effect on public services and businesses.
Analysts said the ruling would have huge financial costs for the government, and it would find it difficult to implement.
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