Load shedding shuts down single mom's online teaching business after students quit over disruptions

[Creag]

Too many stories of small businesses getting shafted due to load shedding. Too many

 

[Gyre]

Is this the same Lungiswa Xhamela who wanted funding for an iPhone back in 2020?

https://gogetfunding.com/iphone-ka-lungy-wenu/

I want to **** myself every time I see the word "influencer"

 

[Gyre]

The amount of privilege and disconnect from reality in this thread is much of what’s wrong with this world.

Agreed, the amount of people defending an overweight Instagram pornstar is disturbing...

You both have very valid points

 

[surface]

Agreed, the amount of people defending an overweight Instagram pornstar is disturbing...

she is a pornstar ? I thought she was a teacher.

 

[ShaunSA]

Her mother worked for an NGO training mathematics teachers, but was retrenched because of Covid-19 in April 2021.

I'm sure the Covid Karens are happy they caused those job losses now

 

[HunterNW]

she is a pornstar ? I thought she was a teacher.

There's a guy mad at his own d!ck ? I won't even use my enemies d!ck.

 

[surface]

There's a guy mad at his own d!ck ? I won't even use my enemies d!ck.

oom, warvaan praat jy nou ?

 

[Nerfherder]

"Just take from your savings."

"Why didn't she have fiber?"

"Just use your phone and/or mobile data."

The comments on this thread show how little most people here know about life for the average South African.

It explains so much now... and proves that parallel universes exist.

 

[HunterNW]

oom, warvaan praat jy nou ?

The "she's a pornstar" part

 

[Craig_]

she is a pornstar ? I thought she was a teacher.

Maybe people pay her to keep her clothes on?

 

[Slootvreter]

Yes, what is your point? Regarding this person specifically?

This person, and everyone else struggling because of ANC and Eskom. Those are the reasons they are struggling.

 

[Slootvreter]

In some places no matter if you have backup power the towers go down minutes after loadshedding. Thats if you don't have fibre.

During loadshedding, by cellphone and data SIM is useless. Luckily my fiber is now more stable during loadshedding.

 

[skimread]

What freelancing website does she use to teach kids?

 

[backstreetboy]

What freelancing website does she use to teach kids?

Fiverr?

 

[skimread]

Fiverr?

Assume it is teaching spesific site so curious to know what it is

 

[konfab]

I'm sure the Covid Karens are happy they caused those job losses now

Racist. You just wanted to kill grandma.

 

[ShaunSA]

The amount of privilege and disconnect from reality in this thread is much of what’s wrong with this world.

Covid taught us well. You can lock the country down and shut businesses for months on end and everyone will be just fine

 

[bwana]

UPS? Won't help her at all, as she's working on LTE which goes down. I've already checked Virginia for fiber, none of the providers I checked offer fiber in her area. She probably doesn't even need one for anything other than lighting, as chances are she's working from a device (be it a phone or laptop) that has enough battery power to last through load shedding anyway.

How do you know her LTE connection goes down? Mine doesn't.

Here's what she claims she needs... in the article... which you may not have read?

Having electricity is very important in my line of work because I need to use a stable Wi-Fi router, ring light, and laptop. All those need power, and backup power like generators and UPSes, are very pricey.

The inference is pretty clear, she wants a UPS... or another handout.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

Cut the food budget in half and she would have budget enough to build solar capacity for the entire country.

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[zolly]

I have, been without a car a few times, I walked to work 7k's each way every time I ran out of petrol money or when my Corsa was broken, also only got my first car at 24

You can tell a dude is white when he's like "I only got my first car at 24".

Check your privilege mofo because I was 32 when I got mine and it was mainly because a family member was selling it to me for dirt cheap.

Long before this I hiked 50km from Thabazimbi to Amandelbult every morning to attend the college

You walked 50 kms every day? Or you hitchhiked? And dare I asked what year this was that you attempted this and how many hours a day it took you?

Weekend I worked on the principles farm with the laborers picking kak out of fields for R150 a day so that I could have a bit of money for drinks and a cigarette the last weekend of the month with friends

So you worked for spending money. Which means someone else was covering your rent, food, electricity etc?

When I was in university I was in the same situation, except I was working some weeknights and weekends to make money for myself.

When I left home I was working 6.5 days a week just to cover rent and food, despite having an honours degree. Thankfully it didn't take me too long to land something a bit more sustainable.

Point is I struggled through issues and made plans to avoid them and so on

I didn't sit down and go ahh welll fsck it, this idea isn't working because of someone else so now I'll just give up and beg for sympathy.

What would you do to fix her situation with her level of resources?

Woosh. The point of the story isn't to beg for sympathy. It's to show how your typical SA citizen is being shafted by Eskom. But clearly that point flew over your head.