Blackouts, tariff increase buckle small businesses

More job losses and closures predicted

16 January 2023 - 07:48

By Nomazima Nkosi, Zoe Mahopo and Mpho Koka

The Black Business Council (BBC) has warned that electricity blackouts and the 18,65% tariff increase would lead to more jobs being lost as small businesses buckled under the weight of Eskom's stage 6 loadshedding.

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