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July 6, 2015

"Better Run Through the Jungle" Heaven in Post Apartheid South Africa

Power Outages Dim South Africa’s Prospects: SOWETO, South Africa—Residents of this sprawling township famous for its resistance to white-minority rule
are fighting a battle they thought consigned to history: keeping the lights on. National power company Eskom Holdings Ltd. is reeling from years of underinvestment and poor management, surrendering to power outages that frequently plunge Soweto’s 1.3 million residents into darkness. Nonayona Mkeshana and her neighbors have resorted to cooking over open fires and singing and dancing in the street now that television sets have gone dark.

Posted by gerardvanderleun at July 6, 2015 12:04 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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And when, in the late 80's/early 90's I prophesied that there'd be a 10 to 15 year boom in the post apartheid country only for it to collapse into economic ruin and violence, I was told I was racist.

Posted by: bilejones [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 6, 2015 7:35 PM

"Let the people know my wisdom,
fill the land with smoke."

It's the only military strategy worth memorizing. It's the only strategy that works.

Posted by: tscottme [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 6, 2015 11:01 PM

The Monkey People will soon return to their roots. They need some of the ones we have to go back home and help them somehow blame it all on the Whites and demand money.

Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret.

You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she still will hurry back.

Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65 BCE – 8 BCE)

Posted by: chasmatic [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 7, 2015 12:54 AM

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