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South Africa power blackouts problematic for ANC as poor claim unfair targeting
The Washington Times ^ | January 15, 2015 | Geoff Hill

Posted on 01/16/2015 4:59:41 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

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1 posted on 01/16/2015 4:59:42 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Kartographer

PING!


2 posted on 01/16/2015 5:00:31 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Je suis Charlie, you miserable Islamist throwbacks!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Before the ANC took over, how often did South Africa suffer from blackouts? Just ax’n ;-)


3 posted on 01/16/2015 5:03:02 PM PST by doc1019 (Blue lives matter)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Sounds like things are really going well now that Blacks have control of everything, doesn’t it?


4 posted on 01/16/2015 5:10:07 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Send Al Sharpton


5 posted on 01/16/2015 5:10:09 PM PST by PGR88
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Power to The People.....


6 posted on 01/16/2015 5:25:29 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: PGR88

WTF??

7 posted on 01/16/2015 5:28:24 PM PST by Leo Carpathian (FReeeeepeesssssed)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Like Deroit 15.years ago?


8 posted on 01/16/2015 5:38:30 PM PST by keving (We get the government we vote for)
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To: doc1019

Didn’t see this coming, did we? [/s]


9 posted on 01/16/2015 5:42:51 PM PST by rbg81
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I went to school with a fellow from South Africa and kept in touch with him over the years. About three years ago he moved to the UK, said he couldn’t deal with the poverty, racism and corruption anymore. Sad, so very sad.


10 posted on 01/16/2015 5:47:30 PM PST by doc1019 (Blue lives matter)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Well it would be racist to have white outs!

I'm shocked the savages still have any viable infrastructure.

11 posted on 01/16/2015 5:59:10 PM PST by rawcatslyentist (Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

That change you can count on.


12 posted on 01/16/2015 6:15:49 PM PST by Recompennation
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I really don’t think snide little racially bigoted comments are necessary. What separates the RSA from the USA is not all that much. I’m a 51 year old white man who knows people who grew up walking out to an outhouse in the morning or who were finally connected to the power grid after having been born in their house under kerosene lanterns. I think we need to learn to critique without the inflammatory rhetoric. And yes I am a supporter of the Afrikaners if any here think I’m a flaming libtard.


13 posted on 01/16/2015 6:15:52 PM PST by junta ("Peace is a racket", testimony from crime boss Barrack Hussein Obama.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The Venezuela of Africa.


14 posted on 01/16/2015 6:29:49 PM PST by headstamp 2
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To: junta; Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I read your remarks and do concede you have a point. However, the utter frustration felt by people like myself, brings on sarcasm and so on. My anger is directed against the anti-apartheid activists in my native country England and to some extent in Canada.

Where are they today? One can make an educated guess. In England living in neat semi-detached villas. A nice recreational park close by. A friendly Bobby on the beat- or a the beck of a cell phone call. The white South African, if rich, living in gated, electronically controlled enclave. Of the lesser South African whites I am dubious about their peace of mind.

Yes, snide could not describe my invective regarding the liberal white activists safe and sound elsewhere. Excuse my ramble. We had only one power outage in my neighbourhood in Canada for years. I would not wish an outage on anyone.

15 posted on 01/16/2015 8:22:49 PM PST by Peter Libra
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When South Africa become another Zimbabwe (and it will eventually happen), they will blame “racism”.


16 posted on 01/16/2015 8:23:33 PM PST by rbg81
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No doubt.


17 posted on 01/16/2015 8:24:33 PM PST by doc1019 (Blue lives matter)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

We can’t believe a story like this. After all, the advent of the ANC to power in South Africa ushered in a veritable Paradise on Earth. British and American presstitutes told us so.


18 posted on 01/16/2015 9:12:11 PM PST by Rockpile
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Where does the Washington Times get its info? We didn’t have any blackouts (known here as load-shedding)last week. We had them for a few weeks Nov/Dec before the long school holidays started and factory holiday closures.

We are told that they will definitely be starting again from next week, possibly on a daily basis. In Cape Town we previously had a weekly schedule. My suburb was typically off on a Saturday and Sunday afternoon from 2:00pm to 4:30pm. My sister was supposed to be off from 6:00am to 8:00am on Saturday on Sunday, but since they only started the load-shedding at 8:00am on Sundays she was affected for only 1 day. Other times, I was at work (different suburb) when my suburb was off. At work, however, we tended to be “shed” at 2:00pm on Fridays, which meant that we knocked off early;-)

From February onwards, Cape Town is instituting a schedule based on days of the month, rather than days of the week. Much more sensible, but what you expect from the Western Cape being the only province which is not ANC controlled!

The biggest problem will be large industries and mines, etc. It seems that when the power goes down, it can take up to 24 hours to get them up and running again, by which time the power could go down again.


19 posted on 01/17/2015 12:04:05 AM PST by Diapason
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“What separates the RSA from the USA is not all that much.”

Do you really believe that? (A serious question)


20 posted on 01/17/2015 2:03:27 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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