--- title: "Weekend Wrap: Joburg's power crisis and Rassie's latest provocation" type: "NewsArticle" publisher: "Daily Maverick" site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za" section: "Articles" canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-07-19-weekend-wrap-joburg-power-rassie-2/" published: "2025-07-19T00:00:00" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 791 --- # Weekend Wrap: Joburg's power crisis and Rassie's latest provocation Published 19 July 2025, 02:00 SAST ## Content ## The Weekend Wrap Joburg’s power crisis, a rift in legal circles and Rassie’s latest provocation — all in this week’s wrap. ## The Weekend Wrap Joburg’s power crisis, a rift in legal circles and Rassie’s latest provocation — all in this week’s wrap. ## [Joburg power crisis — almost 100,000 reported outages in 9 months, 5,126 very serious](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-07-15-joburg-power-crisis-almost-100000-reported-outages-in-9-months/) Africa’s powerhouse city is going back to the Dark Ages after decades of post-apartheid electrification gains. 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