South Africa Burns More Diesel in Vain Bid to Boost Power Output
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South African electricity outages remain at record levels despite the state power utility burning through vast quantities of diesel to bolster output.
Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. said Tuesday that Stage 6 power cuts, whereby 6,000 megawatts of capacity is removed from the grid to prevent a total blackout, will be scheduled throughout the week. That matches the deepest level of blackouts officially announced by the utility, and caused the rand to extend earlier losses.