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　　Mandela's home was among those hit by widespread power outages in Johannesburg this week, electricity utility City Power said.

　　But electricity has been restored to the Houghton Estate where Mandela's house is located, said City Power spokesperson Sol Masolo.

　　It remains² unknown whether the outage affected³ the treatment of Mandela, who was released from hospital on Sept. 1 after a lengthy⁴ stay for a recurring⁵ lung infection.

　　Mandela's home has been reconfigured to suit the medical requirement, and the medical intensive care team in the hospital is now with Mandela in his house to give him timely treatment, according to the presidency⁶.

　　Mandela's condition was at times unstable⁷, but he was responding to treatment, the last official update on his condition said.

　　The widespread power outage was the result of a strike by municipality workers who downed tools on Wednesday over a new shift structure which was meant to improve service delivery.

　　During the strike, some workers "sabotaged⁸" sub-stations around the city, an act described by officials as "terrorism."

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