Power to the people? A rights-based analysis of South Africa’s electricity services

Electric Capitalism: Recolonising Africa on the Power Grid

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 264-287

  Dugard, Jackie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 84917494048     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849771061     Document Type: Chapter

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