South Africans face higher goods prices amid biting power cuts
Eskom’s regional office in Braamfontein, Johannesburg during load-shedding (rolling blackout) on January 31, 2023. South African manufacturers and retailers of food and other essential products have warned of higher prices unless the government urgently finds solutions to the power cuts that are crippling the economy. PHOTO | AFP
South African manufacturers and retailers of food and other essential products warned on Wednesday that consumers will face much higher prices unless the government urgently finds solutions to the power cuts that are crippling the economy.