South Africa: Nationwide power outage June 14; more likely /update 1

Event

The national electricity company held a nationwide controlled power outage from 17:40 to 20:00 (local time) on Thursday, June 14, amid a union protests in Johannesburg which disrupted production. Unions have threatened a total shutdown of the operations unless the company meets their wage increase demands; the company has so far refused. As such, further protests and power outages are likely in the coming days.

Advice

Individuals in South Africa, particularly Johannesburg, are advised to monitor developments to the situation, avoid all protests and demonstrations as a precaution, and adhere to all instructions issued by the local authorities.