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  • : SAfrica-Power Cuts-Economy -- USAGM
  • January 24, 2023
  • Content Type Package
  • Language English
  • Transcript/Script English See Add Media
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  • NewsML Media Topics Economy, Business and Finance
  • Topic Tags Power cuts
  • Network VOA
  • Embargo Date January 24, 2023 16:06 EST
  • Description English South Africa's record power cuts have forced small businesses to rely on expensive generators to keep running, threatening their existence and the country's economic growth. Those businesses include Soweto Creamery, which was praised by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for opening its doors with the help of government COVID grants. But the creamery and many other businesses may not survive the latest epidemic of rolling blackouts, as Zaheer Cassim reports from Johannesburg.
  • Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English
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