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Massive Power Fail in Johannesburg

Johannesburg experienced the biggest blackout since the load shedding fiasco in 2008. Dozens of suburbs, probably affecting a few hundred thousand residents as well as businesses were left in the dark for up to 72 hours. This was due to what City Power, the entity responsible for the distribution of electricity in Johannesburg, has referred to as Sabotage. This 'sabotage' was carried out not by Right Wing Organizations opposed to the Government of the Day but by disgruntled City Power Employees upset due to a change in their working conditions. So they switched off a number of substations. No problem. Just another day in Africa. It even affected the home of Nelson Mandela who had just been released from Hospital were he spent 3 months in critical condition due to a recurring lung infection. I can just hear him gasping for air as the respirator came to a grinding halt. Apparently City Power had a Container size generator at his house within a very short time. This town is becoming a joke run by people who would make any Circus proud to have them. I was not affected as I have installed a large PV System with a 1660 Ah battery bank. I have a 3 to 5 day autonomy. Nothing short of a nuclear disaster will affect me. The weather has been absolutely fantastic for the past few months. Blue skies day after day. We had only a handful of overcast days this winter (our May to August). Temperatures in the mid 20s most days. Have been generating lots of Solar Power. 40kWh a day. This is now going to increase by 20% as spring has arrived and summer is is around the corner.