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[TOP STORY] Power restoration racket preys on desperate Joburg residents

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‘The people are desperate and these contractors or fake City Power officials are capitalising on that and asking residents for up to R1500 to restore power,’ says Anna Cox, investigative journalist at the Daily Maverick.

16 Jul 7AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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