RG, you’re forgetting Haiti, it’s not in Africa ;)

It’s always the same pattern, they slaughter all the whites like they did in Haiti in 1804, and Kenya, and the Congo, and now in SA and Zim and then it all goes to pot. Then they feel sorry for themselves, and expect whites to bail them out again. China would not tolerate this sort of crap. Good for them. We need to stop. Africa is a bottomless pit.

That photo with the huge potholes, that makes it look like it’s only a rural thing, which isn’t necessarily representative (I understand space constraints etc, I don’t mind, just saying).

Yes there are potholes like that in rural areas, but they are also in regular streets in urban or city areas. We have a running joke in the country that people (whites, because the blacks don’t care) plant saplings in those potholes out of frustration because these potholes do not get fixed! LOL wish I had a photo to post.

Others fill them up with cement etc. Before the world cup they were running around trying to patch these things up, but I’m not sure how long these patchups will last.

The white people at ESKOM wanted to organise a strike because of this, if I remember correctly. And that’s saying a lot, because in SA, it’s usually the blacks who strike.

It was in 2008 (around the time this article came out, or shortly after) that the cracks really started showing… Massive countrywide power blackouts started occurring and they realised that they had not invested in any new infrastructure since they took over in 1994. Instead of maintaining and keeping up with growing demand (and not firing whites), they thought that all this money these rich white people had collected in ESKOM’s coffers would be better spent on fancy cars, overseas trips and lavish parties.

Turns out it was whites taking care of the future funding of infrastructure. The consequences was that now all the money had been wasted and that the prices had to be pushed up by increases as high as 45%. Several of them have occurred to date. It also turned out that several companies had the privilege of buying electricity at prices lower than it cost to produce and that a significant amount of electricity is being sent to neighbouring countries.

Since then there’s be a bunch of scandals at ESKOM, one of which led to the big boss being fired, but then going to court and requesting backpay of millions as well as a performance bonus of about R83 million. Which is absolutely ridiculous, considering that there was a complete and utter lack of any performance whatsoever.

BEE (black economic empowerment) / AA is a disaster.

BTW love your site — RG