Power cuts bring years of darkness to South Africa

Pack a torch if you are coming to South Africa because the government has imposed rolling power cuts that are due to last two years. Cape Town, the country’s top tourist destination, has only just emerged from a period of acute water shortages. The first power cuts plunged several significant events into darkness, including a court hearing involving corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma and a parliamentary committee hearing evidence of graft. The graft hearing involving Zuma had to be conducted in the dark