Cape Town Power Outage: Thursday Evening Prognosis

The latest news on Cape Town’s electricity crisis is that there’s a glimmer of hope for an early, happy ending – “early” meaning tomorrow evening, rather than Saturday morning, and “happy” meaning “return to normalcy”. Promises like this have been broken before, however, so city residents are advised to keep the candles handy.

• Get a free candle when you purchase a Cape Argus tomorrow from a street vendor (just R3.70!).
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• What to Do During a Power Failure in South Africa