South African Power Outages Enter 2nd Day

South Africa suffered power outages for a second day Friday as workers protested over wages at national electricity provider Eskom, in a test of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s resolve to cut costs at struggling state companies. Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said late Friday that Eskom and the unions had agreed to resume talks immediately on conditions that include Eskom makes a pay increase offer and operations return to normal. “The parties have agreed that the current...

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