Reuters ahead with first alert on South Africa’s Eskom cutting power

16 October 2019, 12:00 am 1 minute

Reuters was nearly a minute ahead with the first alert when South African state power provider Eskom announced it would be cutting 2,000 MW from the national grid, raising the prospect of another round of crippling power outages.

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