Ailing electricity grid causes hours of daily power cuts Private firms help poor citizens, charities access solar Power to be sold back to government, supporting subsidies By Kim Harrisberg CAPE TOWN, May 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Studying in South Africa is a race against time for Reginald van Wyk, as he tries to finish his online course-work before the country's scheduled daily power cuts make learning impossible. A member of the Cape Town Society for the Blind (CTSB), the 43-year-old is studying computer skills through the charity, which offers support and training to about 120 blind and visually impaired people.
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