Residents and business owners in downtown Louis Trichardt along Rissik Street had to endure at least 19 power outages on Monday and Tuesday, with little or no explanation from the Makhado Municipality regarding the root cause of the problem and what was being done to address it. The problem caused damage to computers and servers as well as to back-up batteries and inverters.
Mr Kassie de Lange, owner of Safety First in the Du Toit's Business Centre, was left especially irate. His alarm...