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SA wired up for electricity but switched off

Despite the fact that 84% of South African homes have access to electricity, over a quarter of households do not use it for cooking and over half do not use it for heating, according to the latest South Africa Survey published by the South African Institute of Race Relations.

Of the 14.8 million households in South Africa, some 12.4 million (84%) use electricity for lighting, 10.7 million (73%) use it for cooking, and 6.5 million (44%) use it for heating their homes. Of the 16% of households without electricity for lighting, 10% used candles while the remaining 6% relied on paraffin and other unspecified resources.

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