South Africa is in the midst of its worst electricity crisis ever, with households and businesses facing hours of daily scheduled power cuts due to repeated breakdowns at state utility Eskom's ailing fleet of coal power stations.
But some analysts have started to turn more optimistic that the government will make progress in reducing the intensity of the power cuts,Reporting by Promit Mukherjee; Writing by Nellie Peyton; Editing by Alexander Winning
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