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Energy crisis looms over S.Africa's state-of-nation speech
Energy crisis looms over S.Africa's state-of-nation speech
Business and Economy
by  AFP

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will seek to lift the mood of a country encumbered by energy shortages and a sickly economy when he delivers his state-of-the-nation address Thursday. South Africans are despondent at the state of a country battered by a stagnant economy, mounting crime, dizzying unemployment rates, worsening inflation and water and electricity shortages.