In the dark about policy
- Reposted: Let’s try this again. For some reason, an old version of this got posted first time around.
This SA Press Association story was picked up by the Independent Online:
ANC conference left in the dark
Debates at the ANC policy conference in Midrand were on Thursday being held in the dark after a power failure.
A security guard at Gallagher Estate said that generators were powering electricity in one area of the venue. However on the other side delegates discussed policy matters in the dark.
A shopping centre across the street had electricity and so did the garage on the corner. - Sapa
I’m thinking here’s a profit opportunity. Not just in selling them gas lamps, but in betting against all those who wouldn’t have the nous to profit from the needy bureaucrats.
After all, they are the people who keep believing the politicians when they say government service delivery is a good idea. They believe the very people who sit in the dark claiming there’s no crisis, while thousands of businesses lose millions because of frequent, large-scale and prolonged power failures. That belief is false, and from false beliefs, money can be made.
