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Power outages singeing businesses, supply chains

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Robert Besseling, director of South Africa-based risk consultancy EXX Africa Ltd., said that power supply disruptions to local businesses and their supply chains is costing the country 80 billion South African rand ($6 billion) per month, Engineering News reported. Frequent industrial action, communal unrest and regulatory compliance are also hampering local firms' operations, he added.

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