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20-day blackout: Power back on at Joburg child welfare hub despite Gauteng’s R159m debt
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Electricity has been restored to Johannesburg’s Children’s Memorial Institute after a 20-day blackout caused by a R159m Gauteng government debt dispute. While the reconnection brings relief, child-welfare organisations remain concerned that without a formal agreement, the site could face another cutoff.
- Electricity has been restored to Johannesburg’s Children’s Memorial Institute after a 20-day blackout caused by a R159m Gauteng government debt dispute. While the reconnection brings relief, child-welfare organisations remain concerned that without a formal agreement, the site...
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- Left: Electricity has been restored to Johannesburg’s Children’s Memorial Institute after a 20-day blackout caused by a R159m Gauteng government debt dispute. While the reconnection brings relief, child-welfare organisations remain concerned that without a formal agreement, the site could face another cutoff.
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