Not for one minute do I say that the "rolling blackout's" "load shearing / shedding" that is taking place in South Africa is not warranted. i fully understand and appreciate why this is happening, and why it is required.
BUT, and this IS a big but, to cut power to one town 3 times in one day is, as we say here in good old SA, "Jy ruk die poepol uit die hoender uit!", or as the English would say, "Give a finger they take the whole fucking arm!".
Yesterday in Krugersdorp, the power went out from 08H00 till 10H30, again from 14H00 till 16H45, and again at 18H30 till 20H15! That's a total of 6 hours 20 minutes of blackout!!!
When I called 08600ESKOM, the ignorant bitch that answered the phone after I held on for 15 minutes said that if the consumption in the area is too high, they cut the power to that area! WHAT? I said? Most of the population of Krugersdorp actually leave town every morning, with the exodus starting way before 6 am. They go to JHB, PTA, Midrand, Roodepoort, all the surrounding area where they work. Kids all go to school. SO, you tell me how the consumption can be exsessive at the time that most of the users are absent? Oh, she didn't know, and you know why? Cause she's reading from a fucking script, that's why! I just hung up on her. Can't discuss this with a tele operator, she has no value to add, zero input, less influence than a fly in a spiders web....
Yup, Banana Republic stuff. Watch this space!
Salagatle!
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