DURBAN - The continuous power cuts have left small business owners highly frustrated.
They're now been forced to find alternative power sources to keep their businesses running.
It's been five days since beleaguered power utility Eskom made the devastating announcement that Stage 6 blackouts would be in place until further notice.
Eskom implemented power cuts on Wednesday after 11 units broke down at various power stations.
Businessman Bonga Shange says outages are destroying their livelihoods.
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"The power outage is really destroying our businesses so in terms of like you just explained that if there is no power, there is no car wash. If there is no power, there is no business," he said.
"We really need this government to take us seriously, especially as we are a small business so we are coming from a two-year Covid problem, we are now in a problem of the power.
"We need our government to take us seriously about the outages of the power."