South Africa's power outages dimming economic outlook

South Africa's ailing economy is expected to take a further beating as the country battles its worst power outages in seven years because of surging demand for electricity. The state-owned power firm Eskom has been struggling to keep the lights on since November with consumer demand repeatedly eclipsing supply. Eskom began rolling blackouts, or load shedding, in Africa's most advanced economy in 2008, as its crumbling infrastructure has battled to meet ballooning demand since the end o