One shack burns down, and it can take 1,000 with it,” he said. “Around 8.5 million South Africans lack access to electricity, hence they will use paraffin lanterns unless they are provided with ...

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"We have 13,001 paraffin lamps in our museum," he said, adding that most of them are imported items from various countries, mainly in Europe such as Germany and the UK.