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South Africa. Broken state

 So  Escom has moved the deck chairs around as a way of solving South Africa’s most glaring problem. Absolute electricity shortage due to decades of theft, graft and incompetence.  

Johannesburg central business district is.a ghost town, businesses having been chased out or given up their offices which have been taken over by “criminal gangs” who at in fact supporters of the ANC.  

The place is falling apart. Transformers and wires are being stolen during planned shutdowns and sold outside of South Africa, business are being robbed during these same shutdowns, and the police appears to be either bough off or complicit.

It is an indication how far SA has fallen off when law enforcement is now seen to be part of the problem.  There are still enclaves with private power generation and private armies, but what is the point.  People are looking to leave seeking safe harbour almost anywhere they can. Amazingly, South Africa is fairing worse than Zimbabwe, but then the ANC is not only corrupt it’s delusional. The country needs billions to mend its infrastructure but will not get it from lenders or even supranational agencies because they know that 95% will be stolen.

The anatomy of a failed state!

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