Watch – More than 1,200 City Power outages in two weeks leave Joburg buckling

Crumbling infrastructure, systemic operational paralysis, and brazen extortion schemes have pushed Johannesburg’s electricity network to its breaking point, leaving the utility increasingly unable to cope with a localised crisis that councillors warn is sliding out of control. Daily Maverick’s Anna Cox reports.Reporting by: Anna CoxFilmed by: Joel SeboaEdited by: Anda TolibadiProduced by: Emilie GambadeCreative lead by: Malibongwe TyiloSub-edited by: Ian WolstenholmeSupport journalism that protects democracy. Become a Maverick Insider. ***Johannesburg’s electricity grid is sliding out of control. ​What we are witnessing across the metro is no longer just a series of technical faults. It is a systemic operational failure, one that has pushed City Power to its breaking point, leaving communi