![]() ![]() Such a movement, and its lust for power with all its pecuniary opportunities – concealed behind a fig leaf of “revolution” – would have the most to gain from overthrowing the government, by all and any means necessary. ![]() The ANC-led government’s main political adversary, and the one that has the most to gain, is the movement that rejects democratic republican government and constitutionality. Read in Daily Maverick: “ Beware the populist politics of fear and resentment that pave the path to authoritarianism ” What about political opponents could they be behind the breakdown(s) in power supply? Maybe. Is it disgruntled workers within Eskom? We cannot rule this out. Is it disgruntled white people who would like to see the ANC-led government fail? It is not inconceivable. To begin with we probably have to ask who would benefit the most from the collapse of the electricity supply. We are left then to speculate, as we may. Maybe it is, or has been, but there certainly is no evidence or public statement about it from the state. One of the likely causes of the crisis may be sabotage, an issue which comes up from time to time (see here, here and here ), but it is rarely investigated fully. These explanations satisfy, but is there a missing element? Are there other forces at work? Maybe. There is, also, sufficient consensus on the main cause of the electricity crisis – the failure of the state to heed early warnings, and the gradual breakdown of infrastructure. There is by now an almost complete acceptance that South Africa is in the grip of an electricity supply crisis, and that alarm bells are going off in the highest offices of the land – as well they should.
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