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Anna Cox discusses the exploitation of desperate Joburg residents by contractors posing as City Power officials.

‘The people are desperate and these contractors or fake City Power officials are capitalising on that and asking residents for up to R1500 to restore power,’ says Anna Cox, investigative journalist at the Daily Maverick. Moneyweb

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