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Treasury forced to prevent debt default at power monopoly after China loan delay
Plans to deal with severe outages and rising debt announced as elections loom
Power cuts cast a gloomy spell over the townships as the election nears
Fears grow that outages will continue into May as state utility struggles to fix old plants
President apologises to nation as outages hit industry, traffic and communications
Amid escalating debt and widespread blackouts, state power company Eskom could lose its century-old monopoly
Taxpayers still shoulder burden for salvaging Eskom despite above-inflation increase
Biggest government financial rescue in country’s history comes as rolling blackouts throttle economy
Eskom’s blackouts are part of a wider story of a country riddled with corruption
Move by struggling power utility comes as it loses six generating units to breakdowns
President says electricity monopoly Eskom is ‘too big to fail’ and vows to boost finances
Faced with tough choices, the government will kick the problem further down the road
Recovery may be shortlived as Eskom prepares for spate of power blackouts
Ramaphosa under pressure to make tough decisions over fate of utility Eskom
Parliamentary report adds to consultancy’s woes over fallout from political scandal
Consultancy seeks to draw line under controversy that has cost it important clients
Managing partner Barton admits initially mishandling fallout from Gupta scandal
Testimony adds to scrutiny of business family accused of exploiting links to Zuma
Corporate registry lodges complaints against groups alongside Germany’s SAP
Prosecutors press forward on allegations linked to Gupta family
State-owned groups have been ‘looted’ by individuals, says former minister
Europe’s largest software company apologises over what it calls a ‘humbling’ scandal
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