15-hour outage costs Isuzu nearly 400,000 rand in South Africa
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Maverick
Isuzu Motors South Africa spent nearly 400,000 rand on diesel in one day to keep its factory running during a 15-hour outage in Gqeberha. The Nelson Mandela Bay Chamber of Commerce recorded 109 unexpected outages in major industrial areas between January 2025 and October 2026, Daily Maverick reports.
Isuzu Motors South Africa spent nearly 400,000 rand on diesel in one day to keep its factory running during an unexpected 15-hour power cut on Thursday, 8 October, in Gqeberha, according to South African media outlet Daily Maverick.
The carmaker has already spent about one million rand on diesel since the start of 2026 to run its generators during power cuts. The outage affected the Struandale and Deal Party industrial areas and renewed criticism of the state of the electricity network in Nelson Mandela Bay, poor maintenance and acts of vandalism targeting equipment.
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