Johannesburg residents experienced widespread electrical outages across the City on Tuesday. (Jenkins Kuyoh/Getty Images)
Residents in Johannesburg would be forgiven for thinking load shedding was back, because of all the electrical outages.
On Tuesday, City Power reported outages at 11 substations across the city.
The Ridge substation in the CBD caused the biggest headache because it supplies five health facilities, including the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital, Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital, Parklane Hospital, Brenthurst Clinic and Rand Clinic.
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