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Living with power cuts

Living with power cuts

We hear from people who experience regular power interruptions

The Documentary Podcast · BBC World Service

February 4, 202323m 56s

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Show Notes

Around the world, millions of people live with daily electricity blackouts. In recent days in South Africa, protesters – angry that the electricity keeps going off – marched through Johannesburg and Cape Town. Three women in South Africa share their experiences of their daily struggles to get everything done before the power goes off. Two business owners, in Sri Lanka and Nigeria, come together to discuss the financial impact of power cuts.