The City of Joburg is facing a deepening power crisis, with electricity problems leading to more blackouts that take days to repair. The problems extend beyond just outages, with delayed maintenance, tampering and illegal connections now putting lives at risk. Newlyweds Zaheer Sarang and Nabeela Khanwere buried in a joint funeral on Monday after being electrocuted in their Crosby, Johannesburg, over the weekend. The couple's family says last week they experienced slight shocks when they used the taps and reported the problem to City Power several times. We spoke to City Power's spokesperson Isaac Mangena..

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