South Africa's Power Shortages....

Good Morning from Upper Darby!

Well? I've been slow as dirt regarding all of the things going on in South Africa, but that's because I could be here for awhile. I've talked about much of these things long before we ever reached this point in time and long before any of the things that are now happening, ARE HAPPENING. If there is one thing I keep seeing is the level of poor planning and outright stupidity on the part of My Own People AND EVEN MYSELF, when it comes to having to acknowledge that some people?

You just can't talk to them.
You tell them what to do.
They do it.
They DON'T DO WHAT YOU SAY?

Then you get RID OF THEM. Immediately.
IMMEDIATELY!

You don't ask if they didn't understand. You don't ask what is wrong, NO. You JUST. GET RID OF THEM! Because if you keep going with them then they're just going to drag you down with them, because they're not actually ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE FIRST PLACE. There are some people that you simply CANNOT BE NICE TO, because they see that as weakness and something to exploit.

When Apartheid was coming to an end, I made it crystal clear that a Nuremberg-style trial was what was needed so that White South Africans would be appropriately PUNISHED AND EXECUTED for  their crimes against Black South Africans. This would also include any Black and Coloured South Africans who carried out the orders of the White Apartheid Regime. So this would bring CLOSURE to many of the Black South Africans who lost loved ones and had their hopes and dreams, THEIR FUTURE. Taken away from them. Bringing closure to Black South Africans and bringing LONG OVERDUE PUNISHMENT AGAINST THE WHITE SOUTH AFRICANS AND THEIR NON-WHITE SLAVE-SUPPORTERS, could have done a lot to honestly help heal Black South Africans.

The next phase would be an honest-assessment of South Africa's infrastructure. It is WITHIN THIS that acknowledgments would have to be made that job-training is critical! Vocational schools for Black Adults would need to be opened too, because many never got the type of education that would allow them to honestly live life and contribute to society to their fullest extent. PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE would also have to be addressed, since everything was CENTERED around the Minority White Population. So everything from your sewage system, power grid, roadways, homes, many of these things were DENIED Blacks in South Africa. So construction would have be done to provide these BASIC AMENITIES with THE UNDERSTANDING that the White South Africans and ALL WHITE SUPREMACISTS AND THEIR SLAVE-ALLIES! Want nothing more than the failure of South Africa so they can BOLDLY SAY;

When WE ran the country, THINGS WORKED.
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YEAH BITCH! ONLY FOR YOU! SO, FUCK OUTTA HERE! I do not like the fact that I saw all of these things AS AN 11TH GRADER! AND UNDERSTOOD THEM, yet none of these things were EVER PROPERLY REVIEWED OR DONE. So now? You have what you have going on in South Africa. A system that has EXPANDED TOO FAR TOO FAST WITH SOME PEOPLE INSIDE OF IT THAT WANT IT TO FAIL! Others? WHO ARE SIMPLY NIGGER-TRAITORS! STEALING FROM SOUTH AFRICA! And other? Simply trying to protect themselves and not giving a damn about what is going on. Understand that the Power Outages going on in South Africa is DIRECTLY BECAUSE the country's electrical grid was NEVER MEANT FOR BLACKS TO HAVE MASS-ELECTRICITY! PERIOD!
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The belief that the Whites would honestly push this as a critical issue is BULLSHIT, because the masses lost their power when Apartheid ended. So I WOULDN'T EXPECT ANY REAL COOPERATION FROM ANYONE WHITE. However for the ANC NOT TO KNOW THIS AND MOVE ACCORDINGLY? Fuckin pathetic! But that is part of the problem, now isn't it? It doesn't matter how NOBLE something starts off, when the wrong assholes of any organization are in charge then BAD THINGS. ARE GONNA HAPPEN. I've seen enough interviews that show a significant number of ANC members who would have put THE PEOPLE FIRST, NEVER GOT ANY POSITIONS OF POWER WITHIN THE ANC WHEN IT BECAME THE NEW GOVERNMENT. So now with the Soul of the ANC being found in its members who understood that getting Blacks back up to speed was the primary focus, being CUT OUT, leaving the greedy bastards and bitches left!? Along with that kumbaya BULLSHIT! That Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela PUSHED! Now you have a problem.

Because people who would have pushed for Blacks to get back on their FEET! Would have already known that "The Power Grid was only created for Whites and not Blacks. When we finally expand it so Black People can FINALLY HAVE electricity as a whole...? The Power Grid won't hold up, or will it?"

A right-minded Black would have seen that and then pushed for expansion of the POWER GRID'S CAPACITY TO HANDLE THE INFLUX OF BLACK HOMES AND AREAS THAT NEVER HAD ELECTRICITY BEFORE. This is one of many basics that has to be considered when looking at FINALLY INCLUDING the majority of a race or people in a place where they were never allowed to live life and had low-to-no expectations placed on them regarding their betterment and advancement. Was it White Apartheid that has caused many of the ills plaguing South Africa, yes! But like I said at the top of this, it should be expected that people who only plotted your downfall and exploited you should not only not seek to help you when they can no longer control you. But also when you have to follow behind them be prepared to have to clean up A LOT OF MESS. PLAN. ACCORDINGLY. This is an article from earlier this year....
 

South Africa's power outages dimming economic outlook

 

By Sibongile KhumaloFebruary 18, 2015 12:28 AM

 Johannesburg (AFP) - South Africa's ailing economy is expected to take a further beating as the country battles its worst power outages in seven years because of surging demand for electricity.

The state-owned power firm Eskom has been struggling to keep the lights on since November with consumer demand repeatedly eclipsing supply.

Now, with heavy industry told to reduce consumption by at least 10 percent and the country's growth forecast revised downward, the government is scrambling to allay investor jitters and calm public angst.

Eskom began rolling blackouts, or load shedding, in Africa's most advanced economy in 2008, as its crumbling infrastructure has battled to meet ballooning demand since the end of apartheid in 1994.

Government was warned as far back as 1998 about a possible system collapse in a policy document presented to parliament.

But it was only in 2007 that work began at Medupi, in the northeast, to build the country's first new power station in 20 years.

The first unit of the 4,764-megawatt facility was initially expected to deliver power in 2012, but numerous delays have since pushed that deadline to June this year.

Another facility under construction near the eastern town of Witbank is not expected to start delivering power until December 2016.

"The potential impacts that load shedding will have on business, business confidence and consumers alike is inestimable," said South Africa Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief Vusi Khumalo.

Henk Langenhoven, chief economist for a federation representing the energy-intensive steel and engineering industries estimated that electricity disruptions could slash production by 23 percent.

He said the detrimental impact of insufficient power and the "cumulative effect of the uncertainties does not bode well for 2015."

And with an economy heavily dependent on gold and platinum mining, the central bank last month revised its 2015 growth forecast down from 2.5 percent to 2.2 percent -- specifically fingering the country's electricity woes.

- 'Long-term effects' -

Even before the electricity crisis, South Africa's economy was performing slower than most developing economies in the region.

Business confidence and productivity levels remain lackluster.

Economic indicators suggest persistent risks to the economic outlook and confidence.

Reserve Bank figures show that after a quarter-to-quarter decline of 4.0 percent in April-June, manufacturing production contracted at a rate of 3.4 percent in the next three months.

At 24.5 percent, unemployment remains the elephant in the room for the government.

"As long as the power crisis is still with us, I don't see how the country can manage growth and create jobs," said economist Loane Sharp of the Free Market Foundation think tank.

Sharp estimated the outages would shave off 0.4 percent of GDP growth this year.

"This situation is going to have long-term effects on growth. It's worrying," he said.

Meanwhile, the hum of diesel generators has become a common sound in homes and office blocks.

But not everyone can keep up. Small businesses with limited resources have been hit hard by the outages.

Those without generators close shop when it goes dark and traffic slows to a near standstill as traffic lights go dark.

The problem is not expected to go away soon.

"The system will remain tight for the next two to three years, when our new power stations are fully operational," Eskom spokesman Khulu Phasiwe told AFP.

Plans are afoot to build eight nuclear reactors worth up to $50 billion to add 9,600 megawatts of generating capacity -- but the first unit is expected to be connected to grid only in 2023.

In the meantime, businesses will have to learn to work in the dark.