Load-shedding double whammy for some areas as mobile networks black out

Experts explain that drops in network performance are inevitable during higher levels of Eskom’s rolling power cuts

19 January 2023 - 22:16

Eskom’s implementation of higher stages of load-shedding has seen hundreds of rural and semi-urban areas, including townships, experience cellphone connection blackouts...

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