Eskom mainly - sad but true

[OubaasDik]

Shows Saffas can still laugh at anything.

JOKES SAD BUT VERY TRUE

Before 1994 the whites shouted “White Power!”
After 1994, the A.N.C and the blacks shouted “Black Power”.
At last we can now shout together – “No Power ”!!!
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What's the difference between the Titanic and South Africa? Titanic’s lights were on when it sank.
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What did South Africans use before Candles ???? ELECTRICITY.
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Die petrol gaan op, die brood gaan op. Alles gaan op. Net die krag, hy gaan af !
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A.N.C - Another Night with Candles.
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The other day I was stopped by a Traffic officer for a brake light that doesn’t work, I told him it’s due to load shedding.
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They used to say, “What car do you drive?”
Now they say, “What generator do you own ?
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Gatiep and Karools are sitting on death row. Gatiep says to the Warder, “does this take long and is it painfull?”
Warder says: “no they just strap you in and flick the switch and its over.”
Karools is called in, moments later Gatiep hears screaming shouting and this carries on for quite a while.
Gatiep says to the Warder: “I thought you said it was quick and painless.”
Warder replies: “as result of the load shedding they had to use candles.”
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If Eskom thinks they can stop us from charging our Mobile phones with electricity. They mistaken. We still have our car cigarette charger
to continue sending Eskom jokes.

[Tazzn]

Oubaas we have to laugh... otherwise we would cry!

Another one to add fuel to the fire!

http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2014/12/09/gallery-fresh-memes-bring-humour-to-eskom-power-cuts# (go to the pic on page 2)

Edited December 10, 2014 by Tazzn

[Mel-B]

I wasn't going to bring up the Eskom saga. But seeing as your on the topic... it's reallllllllly not cool. I have lost MANY hours of productive work time and being a contract worker makes a huge difference to my income. Every time (every day) my power goes out I do not get paid a sent. *sigh*

[EmNew]

Mel-B, I am in the same boat !

My clients are spread around the Peninsula, so I travel from one zone to another. One minute you are told no load shedding so you head off to a client , and then en route you find out on the radio that we've moved to schedule 1, and then 15 minutes later to schedule 2, and as you arrive at the client, the power goes off. You just can't plan properly when you're self employed / a contractor. I personally wish they would announce we are on for example schedule 2 every day for the next 6 months ( or the 2 years they keep mentioning ) . Then at least you can make your daily plans around it. It's this on / off , yes / no that's more frustrating.

I have never really been overly negative about SA, but since we made the decision to leave and challenge ourselves elsewhere, which was in July, it seems that so much more has happened that affects our daily life - postal services, electricity woes, water problems as a result of load shedding, internet service interruption as exchanges don't always handle the load shedding etc etc. I am now chomping at the bit over our application and praying that all comes through in the early part of 2015......

[SurferMan]

We had a scheduled outage to replace an old power pole, it ran over by 45min...That was once in 4 years.....glad I left that place and am sorry for the poor sods stuck there. Nice one though OBD!!!