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As in 2008, this year residents all over the country will be left in the dark and cold.
Those of you who are scared of the dark should start investing in rechargeable lamps and candles.
Residents who feel the cold very easily are urged to buy blankets and hot water bottles to keep warm.
Eskom has rolled out load shedding schedules, but indicated that they might not always keep to the schedule.
If they won’t keep to the schedule, I don’t understand why they are giving them to us.
I don’t know how many times I was caught off-guard and had my lights cut while preparing supper in 2008.
Instead of eating pap, wors and gravy, I had to gobble down a few slices of bread smothered in peanut butter and jam.
If I had known that we would be load shedding this year, I would have opted for a Primus stove as a Valentine’s Day gift.
I call that killing two birds with one stone.
This winter promises to be full of drama.
We have to deal with a number of grumpy pensioners who have missed their daily dose of the Bold and the Beautiful and, thanks to load shedding, our partners will constantly be unhappy, because they missed the Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs soccer match.
We have to explain to our children why they are eating raw veggies instead of macaroni and cheese for dinner, and we will have to put up with short-tempered colleagues, who had to have cold showers in the morning, because of the power outages.
There are a lot of disadvantages to load shedding but, unfortunately, we must just live with it.
Why must we accept Load Shedding when the street lights have been on 24/7 for the past 4 weeks in Airfield.
Can someone tell me why is every department in the Muncipality outsorced?
How can an Investments CC, Electrical, Cleaning and Refuse Removal companies read the meters?