Remember when the president said that we should look on the bright side of loadshedding?
An oxymoron if ever I heard one. A friend said that it was uttered by a ...., but I stopped him before he could go any further.
This was of the 'your broken leg is hurting now, but you'll appreciate it all the more when it's healed' school of philosophy.
I do think that South Africans should appreciate Eskom more. They've torn us away from television and the plethora of electronic gadgets around us. We have time to Be Present. Time to contemplate the meaning of life - under ANC rule - for five more long years.
A gentleman in our area clearly felt that Eskom was not doing enough. In a bout of public-spiritedness, he crashed his car into an electrical substation. This was after a bout with spirits in a public bar. We then had most of Sunday to give over to quiet contemplation of matters spiritual. Quality time spent, we eventually had about an hour of power. Then Eskom came to the party. After all, they couldn't very well leave loadshedding to the public, could they? They had to play their part. Two hours of planned loadshedding followed. We were pleased that it was an organized session this time round.
Watching 'Chasing the Sun 2' later, one couldn't help but wish that the politicians worked half as hard as the Springboks at tackling the giants that make life in South Africa miserable. But they are out of shape, intellectually, morally, ethically. Many of them do not even know what the game is, let alone have the skills or stomach to play it. The time is long past for them to leave the field to those who can. Unfortunately, they have a large following who know even less about the game and often mistake posturing for performance.
Unless there is a great awakening, the minister of electricity will dance on and the energy minister will growl and mumble on. Only the lights will not go on.
We will continue to sit in quiet contemplation. In darkness.
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