I have to say, personally, that I find the whole concept of “offensive language” bizarre — maybe a blog post on that soon. But since that’s a reality, I will certainly keep that in mind in future.

You are correct. Power is supplied to other countries according to a contract and assurance agreements. It cannot simply be switched off. The same applies to industry.

The problem is that agreements are entered into without thought of the consequences due to incompetence or political manipulation. That is the only reason for Mbeki propping up his in-laws in Zim. Certainly he is not stopping collapse or illegal immigration.

SA imports less than it exports, but the issue is our commitments.

The government load sheds the people of SA as they believe they have no contract with us. Hopefully, when the time comes to renew the contract at election time, the people do not sign the ballot in the box next to ANC.

You make your bed? You sleep in it.

Switch off the lights before nodding off.

ANC price regulation and red tape, and incompetetence keep the private sector out of the market. Who will invest and be told what price to sell his product at? And also experience the ‘culture of non-payment for services.

To top it off, Affirmative action and political appointees has resulted in top slots being filled by those not qualified or experienced to fill them, and a mass exodus of qualified skilled staff.

Then of course there is the by-product of the fastest growing sector of the economy in the new South Africa: crime and cable theft.

2. Turn it off: Yes turn off the power. Lets start in the suburbs where the ANC officials who made these disasterous decisions live. They never suffer load shedding. Let them experience the consequences of their actions. Better yet, let them resign as any other government would if such a fiasco occurred in the western world. If only we could load shed ourselves of the incompetents that are never called to account.

Also lets cut off those that are not paying for it.

3. Other power-generation options: Most other alternatives are not economically viable due to ANC price regulation.

4. Stop selling our power: About 20 000 Gw-h are produced each month, of which 1600 Gw-h is consumed within power stations and 1200 Gw-h exported to other countries. Selling implies the party pays for it. I don’t have info on the tariffs, or whether Mbeki’s in-law Mugabe is even paying. But Zim was cut off by Mozamqique for non payment, so i doubt they are paying. In return for this Ubuntu Mugabe sends us his people to beg,steal and take jobs, as part of his planned land invasions.

It that is not enough, the ANC also send our fuel to Zimbabwe, so SA fuel can be bought in Zim much cheaper than in SA.

After all, you need fuel and electricity power to efficiently control riots by the hungry.

5. Split off the industrial grid: About 45% of all energy consumed in South Africa is used by the manufacturing sector, 20% by the mining sector, 10% by the commercial sector, and 20% by the residential sector, which would include municipalities. Industry cannot have a seperate grid as electricity generation must be near the source of fuel: mainly coal. That limits plants to the Witbank, Ellisras and Natal coalfields mainly. Cut off these main consumers and the revenues they generate would collapse. Not only that, investor confidence would collapse.

Its enough that investors have to contend with a future president charged with corruption, fraud, racketeering and money laundering, a Chief of Police involved in crime syndicates, BEE laws that force them to hand over huge chucks of their companies, high tax rates, declining skills base and massive crime. Must they also have to face having their power being cut off without notice?