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EXPLAINER | Why parts of Joburg have been plunged into darkness

Sowetan · 24 August 2026 at 16:00

EXPLAINER | Why parts of Joburg have been plunged into darkness

Parts of Joburg were left without electricity after a fire damaged high-voltage cables at the Fordsburg substation

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