Widening Protests May Worsen South Africa Power Cuts, Eskom Says
High voltage electricity transmission pylons alongside the Eskom plant in South Africa.
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Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. said it may increase power cuts in South Africa as workers escalate protests over wages.
Workers at nine power plants are protesting, up from six on Thursday, the state-owned company said in a statement. The action by employees follows a deadlock in salary negotiations with labor unions earlier this week and piles more pressure on Eskom, which has been rationing supplies nationally to keep the electricity grid from a total collapse.