Everyone loves a 13th cheque, but you usually have to perform to some basic level of competency in order to be rewarded.
Over the years, South Africans have had to develop a rather odd sense of humour about things like load shedding. Here’s Madam & Eve sticking the boot in.
South Africa’s most celebrated cartoonist has given Ramaphosa and our government a double dose this week.
According to President Ramaphosa, there are some nefarious circumstances behind the latest round of load shedding.
The good news is that we are, at the time of writing, sitting on Stage Four. The bad news is that things can, and may well, get far worse before they get any better.
A lot of Eskom’s problems seem to be linked to the Medupi power station, and the situation is worse than you may think.
If you thought traffic in the likes of Cape Town and Jozi was already a disaster, wait until load shedding strikes again.
Earlier this morning, a notification popped up on my phone about the return of the dreaded load shedding. Let’s hear from Eskom, then.
Eskom is struggling to keep the lights on, with years of mismanagement and corrupt practice finally catching up with them. It doesn’t help when the coal looks like this.
It seems like everyone is making use of load shedding app EskomSePush, so let’s see how its creators went from humble beginnings to in excess of a million users.
Eskom talks a good game about getting us out of this mess, but if you cast an eye to the future, the picture is a little less pretty.
Yesterday, Pravin Gordhan, his new technical review team, and Eskom’s top brass announced their new plans. Not everyone seems impressed.
Eskom has been quick to rubbish reports of stage five and six load shedding. One expert, who calls them “absolute liars”, says it’s already happening.
Just when you think Eskom has reached peak incompetence, along come accusations of sabotage from the inside.
More stage 4. Trump victory. Google’s big news. Boeing 737 nearly crashed day before. China goth struggle. US real-life mafia show. Adulthood starts at 30. Gates joins Bezos.
I know you know it’s bad, because weekends are for hangovers, not load shedding, but experts have laid bare just how buggered Eskom really is.
Why is there load shedding again, after Zuma told us we were safe in 2016? What’s this about Eskom being R420 billion in debt? How did we get to this point? Those and other questions tackled here.
As we enter another day of stage two load shedding, it’s worth taking a look forward to see how long we might be in this mess.
Eskom warning. NPA’s Gupta blunder. Trump’s Space Force. Superbalist and Spree merge. Brexit costs. Bell Pottinger takedown. CT dam level update. Newlands’ last ever test? Saudi World Cup plane catches fire. Controversial rapper killed. MTV Awards winners.
Here’s something you might ironically call light at the end of the tunnel – ABSA have come out and said they will still pay out on their insurance policies if you are burgled during load shedding.