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A woman carries fire wood on her head as she walks below Eskom's elecricity pylons in Soweto, South Africa. [Photo: Reuters]
JOHANNESBURG - South African miners support a restructuring of struggling state power firm Eskom to boost competition in the electricity supply industry, an industry body said on Wednesday, warning that tariff hikes alone would not solve Eskom’s problems.
Top government officials will discuss whether to split Eskom into generation, transmission and distribution units at a cabinet meeting starting on Wednesday as part of efforts to rescue the company from financial crisis.
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