So Eskom, the national power company, began cutting supplies to specific suburbs for hours at a time.

南非电力公司Eskom开始对特定郊区减少供电，一次仅供电几个小时。

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But after both business and Labour complained, the national energy regulator says it will let Eskom raise its prices by 25% this year and 26% in each of the next two.

但商家和劳工对此都愤懑不已，国家能源方面的负责人表示将让伊斯康今年提价25%，此后两年每年提价26%。

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South Africa's power shortages reached their highest level on Thursday, an Eskom spokesperson said.

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Nearly all of the country's electricity production comes from state-owned utility Eskom Holdings Ltd.

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Eskom says that power exports are reduced when there is a shortage at home.

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