As Daily Maverick has reported, 2022 has been the worst year for scheduled power cuts by the monopoly energy utility. There have been cuts on more than 100 days this year – and 2022 was 260 days old on 18 September.
The timeline below illustrates just how the country landed in this tumultuous position:
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