South Africa: Tourists stranded on Table Mountain

500 trapped on major attraction as energy crisis grips southern Africa

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – The power woes being felt across southern Africa reached one of the region’s premier attractions


Aging infrastructure and growing demand has lead to increasing power outages in southern Africa. This has been exacerbated in the last week as rolling blackouts in South Africa caused the national electricity utility to suspend exports to neighboring countries as it battles to meet demand in the continent’s economic hub.

Zambia’s power utility, the Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation, sent out notices Tuesday saying power would be turned off from 5 p.m. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday. Power went off in the capital at about 6 p.m. but was restored over an hour later. However, other parts of the country were still without electricity.

AP