The Tembisa 10 may be a figment of somebody’s imagination, but Eskom’s Misery Twins are not.
This is good.
The pile of garbage outside the bowling club — my nearest voting station — was starting to fester, and might have been a bit of a turn-off for ward 33’s electorate by the time Monday comes around.This is where we’d usually stop you and ask you to pay to read this story, but this week M&G is free so that everyone can access the information they need in the run up to the municipal elections on 1 November.
Not just about whether the Tembisa 10 ever existed — Wednesday’s “press briefing” provided no clarity about this — but also about whether Eskom lahneeI was shocked to learn that Eskom’s Misery Twins — De Ruyter and Eskom chief operating officer,Unless the footage of the Silver Foxes together was doctored.
Up until now, I thought they were the same guy, doubling up in both roles to draw two salaries from the power entity; punishing us and the public purse because we called him a racist.Public Enterprises Minister Pravin GordhanPG mumbled a lot, an indication that neither he nor Andre know whether they can keep the lights on, but don’t have the guts to admit it.
It’s our 11th election, given that the previous polls excluded the vast majority of South Africa’s population and were only aimed at perpetuating apartheid and white supremacist rule in one way or another.I figured voting in whites only elections would be like going to the army, so I didn’t. It’s also something I remind myself of every time I don’t feel like voting.