Power cuts a good sign, South Africans told
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South African government tells millions left in the dark by rolling power cuts likely to go on for years to look on the bright side
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Some South African coal mines resume production but gold mines remain closed because of power cuts.
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"All our clients are all right and holidays are carrying on as normal but we thought it best to cancel some local excursions. This does not affect the main safari trips which are operating OK."  Britons in Kenya have spoken of fears for their safety as the death toll in the post-election riots escalated. via Ananova
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A power outage trapped tourists in cable cars at Cape Town's landmark Table Mountain, while blackouts in Zambia forced nurses to work by candlelight.
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Giving people the tools to monitor and adjust their electricity use lowers their bills and could reduce the need to build new power plants, according to a government study.
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Large parts of Zimbabwe, including the capital, are reportedly without electricity after a major power failure.
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The latest scheme to spread  electric light in Africa may sound familiar, but this time  African leaders say they have the will, and financial backing,  to succeed.
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Things have gotten so bad in Zimbabwe that people have taken to telling a wry joke: "What did we have before candles?" The answer: "Electricity." Zimbabwe once boasted one of Sub-Saharan Africa's most vibrant economies, but four years of turmoil have erased that progress.
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KANANGA, Congo  - From a mud hut under the world's longest high-tension power line, Tshisumpa Nvita can see the rusting remains of a power station that, for a few months 30 years ago, brought electricity to this corner of Congo.
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Businesses and homes in central London suffered a second straight day of power cuts that left part of the British capital's buzzing tourist zone without electricity.
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South Africa stops supplying power to neighbouring countries because of acute domestic shortages.
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ORANGE FARM, South Africa  - By sun-up, Valencia Mofokeng has her modest home in the ramshackle black township near Johannesburg humming like a well-oiled machine.
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THE REGION NStar Electric is cutting power rates 21.2 percent for 3,600 big commercial and industrial customers April 1. The Boston utility said the rate change for customers who use over 25,000 kilowatt-hours monthly will cut prices to 10.147 cents per kilowatt hour from 12.803 cents now, separate from an additional charge for delivery that is not changing. The big ...
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By PATRICK CONDON MINNETONKA, Minn. - When officials in this Minneapolis suburb didn't like the two eye-popping digital billboards that Clear Channel erected along the freeway, they pulled the plug. They had the power company cut off the electricity.
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By Ron Sylvester, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Feb. 12--Flip a switch and the lights come on -- no thinking required. But think about what happens on the other end of that switch. To generate some of the power for that light, it takes a plant burning coal miles away.
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When officials in this Minneapolis suburb didn't like the two eye-popping digital billboards that Clear Channel erected along the freeway, they pulled the plug. They had the power company cut off the electricity after just a few days.
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A power crisis forced the suspension of mining operations for a fourth day running in South Africa on Monday as unions expressed fears the halt in production will lead to large-scale job losses.