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#PowerUp – Power cuts exacerbating inequities and deepening the digital divide
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#PowerUp – Power cuts exacerbating inequities and deepening the digital divide

Press, South Africa

#PowerUp – Power cuts exacerbating inequities and deepening the digital divide

#PowerUp is a series of articles honing in on how South Africa’s electricity supply crisis is affecting young people. Written by Jaco Roets and Sara Hoenes Like many young students preparing for exams, Funeka Mpofu spends odd hours studying. However, for Funeka, his inconsistent hours are not by choice. Sweeping power cuts across South Africa are the worst they’ve been in more than two years. The blackouts (locally referred to as load shedding) are hindering the ability of young people to study and apply for jobs. For Funeka, this meant low scores on his college entrance exams, and another year [...]

Sheena Adams2023-10-25T09:07:04+00:006th June 2023|

#PowerUp – Youth unemployment in Lenasia
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#PowerUp – Youth unemployment in Lenasia

South Africa

#PowerUp – Youth unemployment in Lenasia

#PowerUp is a series of articles honing in on how South Africa's electricity supply crisis is affecting young people. Written by Lerato Jiyane "It has cost me my job and my dignity." These are the words of a devastated 24-year-old, Vutlhari Khosa, a former employee at an internet café in Lenasia. The café closed down due to load shedding - an experience he describes as heartbreaking. Khosa is no longer able to afford basic household goods and his friends - who are currently employed - no longer treat him as they did before, as they feel he will now be [...]

Sheena Adams2023-05-29T16:57:44+00:0029th May 2023|

#PowerUp – Food security in Umbumbulu
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#PowerUp – Food security in Umbumbulu

South Africa

#PowerUp – Food security in Umbumbulu

#PowerUp is a series of articles honing in on how South Africa's electricity supply crisis is affecting young people. Written by Thobeka Bhengu In a statement on food security from 1983, the Food and Agriculture Organization said, "Every individual should have access to the basic food items which they need for a better lifestyle". South Africa is facing its biggest electricity crisis since planned power outages began in 2007. The problem is causing irreversible disruption in the security of affordable food. While the country is experiencing four to eight hours or more of load shedding per day, a looming [...]

Sheena Adams2023-05-29T16:58:45+00:0029th May 2023|