Load shedding has huge impact on individuals, business and Christmas

LOAD shedding has been a topic of conversation at our dinner table.

Eskom has once again shown us that we, South African citizens, have been taken for a ride. Load shedding had been a thing of the past, and out of nowhere they creep up on you like a thief in the night.

How did we get to this dark space in our lives again? Here is how: Eskom is only just realising that there is not enough coal... they’re too busy with self-enrichment to be concerned about this; more corruption showing its ugly head, which costs us, tax-paying citizens,

billions of rand every year.

State-owned Eskom is run by politically connected individuals, who run it into the ground while getting big tenders and putting millions into their own pockets.

Load shedding has a huge impact, with individuals and businesses being affected.

We have to make sure we have candles, torches, batteries, generators, etc. Businesses who are just managing to get by will be struggling because of the downtime.

People wanting to open new business will be reluctant to do so

because of uncertainty about the availability of electricity, which equals a decrease in job-creation – which in turn affects our economy as well. Our youth and qualified professionals are leaving South Africa because of the corruption, causing South Africa to be in this downward spiral.

Stage 2 load shedding is very real as we have experienced it in our area since Friday; not to mention that no electricity on Christmas Day is a real possibility.

I guess many nights will be silent.