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Loadshedding and its unusual consequences

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With the announcement by Eskom that loadshedding will likely be here to stay for the next 2 years, the average electricity user continues to bear the brunt of rolling blackouts. Its effects on small businesses, industry, traffic, and our daily routine continues to suffer. There are also some things that are inconvenienced that we might not have predicted before loadshedding became so prevalent. Smile Breakfast heard from some of our listeners who told us about a few incidents at home.

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Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange is the producer of the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast show and has been with Smile 90.4FM since it's inception in 2013. Through his work on the breakfast show he has won two national radio awards. He has been in broadcasting for 15 years and has honed his talent at 6 different radio stations. Outside of radio he is also a podcast producer and award winning stand-up comedian.

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