Back to Load Shedding

It's been wonderful! We have had power 24/7 for the past couple of weeks. Now we've been warned. Load shedding will commence again from the end of March. Only this time it's OUR fault. WE haven't done enough to conserve energy. We still had both lights on, cooked on two plates and dared to have separate baths.

If we haven't seen the light, then we must feel the darkness.

WE should have realized that government funding couldn't be wasted on the supply of services. It's been much more important to ensure that sufficient funds are available for the provision of the countless Commissions of Enquiries to investigate the countless "alleged" corruptions of countless government officials. Countless, because who is counting anymore? Judging by the published crime statistics, probably not the statisticians.

It costs money to finance the multitude of discussions that have to take place in luxury hotels concerning whether or not to create another Commission of Enquiry into another case of corruption that is about to be made public. First Class airfares don't come cheap. (They couldn't use video conferencing, of course, because the damn power keeps going off.) Of course, these costs could go down substantially once the Scorpions have been disbanded and stop making those infuriating allegations.

So .... get out the gas, make a flask of coffee, close your eyes and appreciate the neighbourhood's silence while you contemplate how naughty and unappreciative we consumers have been.