‘Public must use less electricity to stop load shedding’ – Ramaphosa

[Magnum]

Turns up the heater!! Whooo!

You idiot. Have you seen how hot it is outside... Rather turn up the Aircon.

 

[Bewlen]

No it didn't.
It was probably about 90% short of what was actually needed for the nation

You're funny.

Clueless, but funny.

 

[TelkomUseless]

Tell me you are a fcking moron without telling me you are a fcking moron.

Jiss.. and people vote for this guy and his party?

 

[Vrotappel]

No it didn't.
It was probably about 90% short of what was actually needed for the nation

It was the best in Africa. Eskom lasted 12 years before the load shedding started.

They might have been conservative and racist but they planned very well for the future. Now we have zero planning and 100% looting.

 

[Oldfut]

It was the best in Africa. Eskom lasted 12 years before the load shedding started.

They might have been conservative and racist but they planned very well for the future. Now we have zero planning and 100% looting.

Well ja/nee. I don't think "they" factored any plant replacement costs into what electricity was sold for back then, particularly to Alusaf et al (bit dodgy that was IMHO). So some cheeky fellow from the World Bank told us back then, late 90's. Sneered at he was.

 

[Lucas Buck]

Less usage = Less Turnover

You are already running Negative turnover to standard operating costs.

But looking past that, it would reduce the need for load shedding, then again as would Eskom ceasing to exist.

They will have an excuse to raise the tarrifs after a few months of people using less electricity.

 

[Geoff.D]

Well ja/nee. I don't think "they" factored any plant replacement costs into what electricity was sold for back then, particularly to Alusaf et al (bit dodgy that was IMHO). So some cheeky fellow from the World Bank told us back then, late 90's. Sneered at he was.

Of course they did. Every govt department had a "replacement/reserve/something-or-other fund". They had working brain matter between their ears and the people in charge were experts in their field. And they were not hell-bent on personal enrichment either. With working demand forecasting departments as well. And those departments knew full well what was going to happen to demand, 15 - 20 years into the future. And no, politics did NOT influence the people doing the work and gathering the information.

 

[LaraC]

What if the title read:

"Public allowed to feed excess power to the grid to stop load shedding, with no restrictions’ – Ramaphosa"​

 

[Cosmik Debris]

what a Clown,

Drive less, solve traffic jams.
Eat less, solve obesity
Fly less, solve air travel chaos.
use Internet less, Solve Depression.

just goes to show you how detached from reality majority of the ANC actually is.

Yet, Acacia Park inside the Wingfield Military Base next to the N1 in Cape Town, home to parliamentarians, has never been load shedded.

 

[BBSA]

How about removing all taxes on solar products?

 

[rh1]

Great advice, something I intend to take to heart. I will use less of your electricity and more of my own...

Will also take to heart. My plan is to reduce my consumption of Eskom electricity to as little as possible and use Mr Sun supplied electricity as much as possible.

 

[yebocan]

‘Public must use less electricity to stop load shedding’ – Ramaphosa

 

[FiestaST]

This reminds me of Zoomer's "listen carefully" moment.

We all member that.

 

[rh1]

And so many were on their knees fellating this clown when he took over from ShowerChief.

The New Dawn

What a joke.

Its the ANC Decolonisation plan. The only plan they successfully implemented.

 

[Supervan II]

Of course they did. Every govt department had a "replacement/reserve/something-or-other fund". They had working brain matter between their ears and the people in charge were experts in their field. And they were not hell-bent on personal enrichment either. With working demand forecasting departments as well. And those departments knew full well what was going to happen to demand, 15 - 20 years into the future. And no, politics did NOT influence the people doing the work and gathering the information.

PE even had a mothballed power station until the ANC sold it for a Coke and a packet of chips (Looking at you, Nceba Faku)

 

[Harmonic]

so what is the solution? Military Junta? Dictatorship? an Oil rich Theocracy like Dubai?
Even in the Cream of the Crop the US they struggling with sleepy Joe.

Cape exit. For all those who support life, liberty and family

 

[neoprema]

Shouldn’t the leader of a country word it as “We must ALL use less electricity”
You lead by example.

 

[Oldfut]

Of course they did. Every govt department had a "replacement/reserve/something-or-other fund". They had working brain matter between their ears and the people in charge were experts in their field. And they were not hell-bent on personal enrichment either. With working demand forecasting departments as well. And those departments knew full well what was going to happen to demand, 15 - 20 years into the future. And no, politics did NOT influence the people doing the work and gathering the information.

I don't want to disappoint you Geoff but the numbers didn't lie. R0,12/kWh did not have anything (or enough) for replacement, even back then.

 

[ShaunSA]

And so many were on their knees fellating this clown when he took over from ShowerChief.

The New Dawn

What a joke.

Cyril is mos a business man! He will know how to run a country!

Also he can say big numbers and go jogging with the wit tannies on Sea Point

 

[B-1]

Doing my part Mr president. First two orders have been placed to go from my small inverter setup to a big setup. I should be mostly off grid by the next winter and have 10+ years of low power usage from eskom after that.