When Eskom stops the lights coming on: The strange case of Frankfort’s ‘illegal’ solar power

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When Eskom stops the lights coming on: The strange case of Frankfort’s ‘illegal’ solar power
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Frankfort and other parts of Mafube municipality in the Free State have solar energy they can’t use because of Eskom’s objections.

Frankfort and other parts of Mafube municipality in the Free State have solar energy they can’t use because of Eskom’s objectionsWheat farmers in the Frankfort area of the northern Free State have lost half their winter turnover because load-shedding prevents them from pumping irrigation water...From World War 1 to present-day cosmopolitan South Africa and beyond, the Sunday Times has been a pillar in covering the stories that matter to you.

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