South Africa’s Christmas 2022 is a start/stop affair because the country’s daily power cuts are hitting just about every aspect of the holiday.
Shoppers pass a Christmas tree at the entrance to the Rosebank Shopping Mall in Johannesburg Saturday, Dec. 23, 2022. South Africa's Christmas 2022 is a start/stop affair because the country's daily power cuts are hitting just about every aspect of the holiday with businesses and families coping with rolling outages of electricity lasting from seven to 10 hours per day. – Christmas lights twinkle, holiday music plays and Johannesburg's popular Rosebank mall bustles with shoppers.
South Africa's Christmas 2022 is a start/stop affair, with the country's nationwide power cuts hitting just about every aspect of the holiday. Businesses and families are coping with rolling outages of electricity totaling seven to 10 hours per day. Most South African households now have a ready supply of solar lights, kerosene lamps and candles to keep from being in total darkness.
The power company's failure to supply adequate electricity has put a damper on economic growth for years. Amid worsening power cuts, the chief of Eskom announced his resignation this month. President Cyril Ramaphosa's failure to solve the country's power problems was one of the most pointed criticisms of him last week at the national conference of his ruling party, the African National Congress.
Natasha Singh, visiting Johannesburg from Durban, said she is fortunate not to feel the effects of the power cuts because the hotel where she is staying is equipped with generators.
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