NEWS: Eskom chaos set to dampen Christmas festivities

Cape Town - South Africans are warned to brace themselves for cold turkey on Christmas Day as the Eskom crisis looks set to continue into the New Year, reported the Sunday Times.



According to the newspaper, consumers can expect 54 hours of darkness in the coming week as the embattled parastatal announced that it needed to free up 4 000MW after running out of water and diesel at some facilities.

CEO of the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry Neren Rau said the country’s unstable electricity supply was the single biggest risk to the country’s economy.

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