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Happy new year to you and everyone else.We're about to settle into the couch and watch Top Gun Maverick as a family now and then prepare for a dark New Year due to planned rolling blackouts from 10pm onwards.
To everybody here: All good wishes to you and your dear ones. May we all enjoy happiness, health and a successful New Year with plenty of photo opp's
That's going on in South Africa for the last 15 years already (this is an older article, just did a quick search for the euphemistic term "load shedding")Happy new year to you and everyone else.
I just started watching that movie this morning while cleaning the kitchen and got 46 minutes into it, if I recall correctly, before the kitchen was done. So far so good.
Rolling blackouts on new years eve?! Where is that going on?
And to you and your family, James. Hope for a great year, in 2023!
Not long to go now for you. We've already slipped across. Enjoy your bubbly! I had a good chuckle at your description of the neighbours and hope it won't be as bad as you dread! Happy New Year10:30pm here, which is that dangerous moment on New Years Eve when there's not much happening and you wonder if it would be OK to go to bed as per usual and to give the festivities a miss.
But, we shall resist that temptation as there's a bottle of champagne in the fridge awaiting attention, and the neighbours will probably be re-enacting the Battle of Jutland outside come midnight anyway.
Meanwhile, Happy New Year everyone
-R
One of the reasons we installed an 8 kW solar system. We use most of the power generated on site. Runs the pool pumps and heat exchanger/pump heater.That's going on in South Africa for the last 15 years already (this is an older article, just did a quick search for the euphemistic term "load shedding")
Load Shedding: What Is It And Why Is It Affecting South Africa?
South Africa is struggling to keep its lights on. This is what you need to know and how it might affect you.theculturetrip.com
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a leading global news agency providing fast, comprehensive and verified coverage of the events shaping our world.www.thesouthafrican.com
Essentially it's due to organised corruption on a massive scale, poor management of infrastructure and complete lack of maintenance and service