poweralert stage 2.....

[Lupus]

Yea I meant for the period. It's pointless comparing EAF from one part of the year to another.

Year on year it's falling, not rising.

Feb was better than Dec and January, March was on track to be fine as well. But numbers have stopped

 

[porchrat]

Feb was better than Dec and January, March was on track to be fine as well. But numbers have stopped

I imagine EAF always drops over the summer period though along with the holiday period. That's when you want to catch up on maintenance when the demand is lower. As I said what matters is where you were that time last year.

 

[VooDooC]

Yeah looks like it sigh.
So from nothing to stage 3 for me :-( actually had a possibility of a week of no shedding, now 2 sheddings a day, cause guess what thanks to CP stage 2/3 is just stage 3.

Yep same here, almost got excited for a week of no loadshedding and then Eskom said, No

 

[Lupus]

Yep same here, almost got excited for a week of no loadshedding and then Eskom said, No

Yeah :-( same here was like damn oh well

 

[Lupus]

I imagine EAF always drops over the summer period though along with the holiday period. That's when you want to catch up on maintenance when the demand is lower. As I said what matters is where you were that time last year.

Lower maintenance, higher unplanned is where we were last year February

 

[ctriaan]

Until wednesday when everything goes to **** again

You were right.

 

[Brian_G]

You were right.

Nope, started on Tuesday :- p

 

[ctriaan]

Nope, started on Tuesday :- p

Oh, yes. Time flies when Eskom are having fun.

 

[porchrat]

Lower maintenance, higher unplanned is where we were last year February

Well then that's a less bleak picture than the press have painted recently. Which is good to hear.

 

[Brian_G]

Well then that's a less bleak picture than the press have painted recently. Which is good to hear.

Call me conspiracy minded if you want, but the press seems rather left wing to me...

 

[Lupus]

Well then that's a less bleak picture than the press have painted recently. Which is good to hear.

Remember, the press jump onto anything and Chris Yelland loves to talk, even if what he says is mostly BS

 

[Lupus]

Call me conspiracy minded if you want, but the press seems rather left wing to me...

Nope, generally they do no research, they just jump on things with gusto that gives them clicks

 

[Brian_G]

Nope, generally they do no research, they just jump on things with gusto that gives them clicks

Both probably

 

[porchrat]

Call me conspiracy minded if you want, but the press seems rather left wing to me...

The press hates things like the NHI. Why would lefties hate the NHI?

Some elements of the press seem centre left if not pretty centrist.

 

[Lupus]

The press hates things like the NHI. Why would lefties hate the NHI?

Some elements of the press seem centre left if not pretty centrist.

The press love "experts" the quicker they can throw that into something the more they literally don't actually do any research.

 

[Brian_G]

The press hates things like the NHI. Why would lefties hate the NHI?

Some elements of the press seem centre left if not pretty centrist.

Yeah, I think kissing ass with anti NHI is more about clicks. Money comes first.

 

[porchrat]

Yeah, I think NHI is more about clicks. Money comes first.

Yea but lefties would never speak out against the expansion of socialised medicine programs.

They're very clearly not lefties. I mean mileage will vary depending on the publisher.

They do, in general, seem very anti-ANC though.

 

[porchrat]

The press love "experts" the quicker they can throw that into something the more they literally don't actually do any research.

I do definitely think they could use a bit more common sense and push back against obviously false statements made by our politicians and "experts".

We need like a South African equivalent of Hard Talk running on the SABC where SA politicians etc. get properly grilled on the garbage they spout. I know it will never happen with the SABC being ANC propaganda mill, but one can dream. I wish the average Saffer could be presented with the very logical arguments against the nonsense the average ANC politician keeps spewing.

 

[Brian_G]

We need like a South African equivalent of Hard Talk running on the SABC where SA politicians etc. get properly grilled on the garbage they spout.

Those days are gone. Would be nice

 

[R13...]

I do definitely think they could use a bit more common sense and push back against obviously false statements made by our politicians and "experts".

We need like a South African equivalent of Hard Talk running on the SABC where SA politicians etc. get properly grilled on the garbage they spout. I know it will never happen with the SABC being ANC propaganda mill, but one can dream. I wish the average Saffer could be presented with the very logical arguments against the nonsense the average ANC politician keeps spewing.

Well, we do have eNCA and that Newz Afrika channel, those are SABC free. Chris Barron's "So many questions", in the Sunday Times does do a good job of grilling various public and private leaders on various issues. Bongane on 702 does well on his big question segment, Clement on 702 does well too and is able to get some important guests on his show. Even Stephen Grootes does a good job for the most part but he's rather too woke.

Our media aren't rabid left wing like the likes of the US where you get rabids on both the left and right. I mislike both but I know some here venerate some of the right wing element there.