Scores of holidaymakers, who traditionally pump millions of rands into the Jeffreys Bay economy, have deserted the Eastern Cape tourism mecca after three days of power outages.
The ensuing chaos saw people struggle to find petrol, shops close their doors, water shortages in parts of the town and sewage spills on the beaches.
Adding insult to injury, municipal phone lines were down, leaving townsfolk and tourists with no way of knowing when the situation would be resolved.
Compounding the town’s woes, the power failures caused most of the small businesses to shut their doors or scale down their services.
With most card machines down, ATMs were emptying fast by yesterday morning and long queues were forming at garages as tourists left for home.
Jeffreys Bay Tourism director Brenton Williams said tourists were leaving town at an alarming rate…
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