BY NOW, South Africans are accustomed to load shedding. It is part of us like a braai on a Saturday.
The lights out period ranges from two to six-and-a-half hours, and lately, it is a daily occurrence. When the load shedding kicks in, several areas are without power. Our homes are dark, our suburbs are dark and our streets are dark, leaving the area we live in a potential hive of criminal activity.
However, as if that were not bad enough, a different kind of load shedding is being implemented in our city. This load shedding is not courtesy of Eskom but thanks to our own municipality. And here’s the kicker; the blackouts are not because there is a need to reduce the load, no, these blackouts occur because there…
