News24 | Outages plague Joburg, but there's no load shedding
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Residents in Johannesburg would be forgiven for thinking load shedding was back, because of all the electrical outages.
Johannesburg is the most populous city in South Africa with 4,803,262 people, and is classified as a megacity; it is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. It is the provincial capital and largest city of Gauteng, which is the wealthiest province in South Africa. Johannesburg is the seat of the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa. Most of the major South African companies and banks have their head offices in Johannesburg. The city is located within the mineral-rich Witwatersrand hills, the epicentre of the international-scale mineral, gold and (specifically) diamond trade.
Residents in Johannesburg would be forgiven for thinking load shedding was back, because of all the electrical outages.