{"id":80456,"date":"2015-02-07T13:55:36","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T11:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/80456\/man-dies-power-cuts\/"},"modified":"2015-02-07T13:55:36","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T11:55:36","slug":"man-dies-power-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/02\/07\/man-dies-power-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dies after power cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

William Engelbrecht, 61, died within 30 minutes after the power was cut for the second time on Thursday at his home in Navalsig, Bloemfontein, Beeld reported.<\/p>\n

According to the report, Engelbrecht suffered from severe asbestosis and his family believed he had not recovered from the first power cut when he died during the second one.<\/p>

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His sister Lina Herbst told the newspaper that he was permanently connected to two oxygen machines because one was not strong enough.<\/p>\n

Eskom implemented power cuts on Thursday between 14:00 and 16:00, and again from 18:00 to 20:30.<\/p>

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The family’s generator was switched on but it was not strong enough to keep two oxygen machines going.<\/p>\n

“It could only keep my brother going for short periods of time, if the electricity was not off for long,” she told Beeld.<\/p>\n

“It was too much for my brother who had not recovered from the first power failure.\u201d<\/p>\n

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