Posts Tagged ‘Eskom’

Posted on January 25, 2008 - by Justin Hartman

Load shedding? Live near a politician!

ESKOM CE Jacob Maroga has urged business not to rely on the government to find solutions to power shortages likely to persist until 2013, when the utility will have significantly expanded its generation capacity. – MyADSL

Day 16 of the rolling power outages and we’re all feeling the very serious impact this is having on our lives. Funny how the Eskom CE has made this statement because while we’re all sitting in the dark – sometimes three times a day – our politicians appear to be exempt from said load shedding.

One of my closest friends lives in Killarney and during this 16 day trauma she’s had to endure the grand total of zero blackouts. Seems a little odd as Killarney is one of the hardest hit areas for load shedding but the difference with her is that she lives in the same road as Thabo Mbeki and Trevor Manuel. Another friend lives near Jacob Zuma’s residence in Forrest Town and alas they’re also unaffected by this load shedding.

Once again it’s an us and them scenario and as long as JZ and crew remain unaffected by this power crisis we’ve got no hope of Government doing anything to resolve this issue.