Posted on 02/27/2023 5:31:00 PM PST by SeekAndFind
With so many things going to pieces all around the world these days, it can be difficult to keep track of them all. Particularly when so much of the global news media’s attention is riveted on the war in Ukraine, other things can slip through the cracks. For example, were you aware that the government of South Africa has basically collapsed? And it happened fairly quickly.
Take a look at this lengthy Twitter thread from someone who actually lives there. The government and the police have almost disappeared, the energy grid has imploded, half of the people in the country are out of work and the nation’s infrastructure has crumbled.
1. South Africa has collapsed. US embassy is now informing international travellers to stock up (prepper style) on food and water. https://t.co/WLfG88D0Uj
— #zombieland (@k9_reaper) February 26, 2023
The Twitter user above wasn’t exaggerating according to the various news outlets that have bothered to cover the story. The country’s railway system has all but ground to a halt. (The Economist)
Another South African firm stumbling towards collapse may be even more systemically important, since it affects not just its home country but the wider region. Transnet, which runs the railways, ports and pipelines that connect sub-Saharan Africa’s most industrial economy with the outside world, is in deep trouble. Like Eskom, it was badly managed by hacks “deployed” by the ruling party and then pillaged through corrupt contracts, many signed during the era of “state capture” under Jacob Zuma, a former president. Now, weighed down by debt and with hundreds of broken locomotives, it cannot keep all of its freight trains running.
It’s not just the trains and the rest of the transportation infrastructure that has fallen apart. The country’s power grid has fallen well below the break-even point of energy generation and consumption. Rolling blackouts happen every day and much of the country is left without lights or heat. The roads are impassible in many areas and there is no money to repair them.
In light of the unsustainable stages of load shedding, key industries within South Africa’s business sectors have been preparing for a total grid collapse to keep staff safe and services running, reported the Sunday Times.
While The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) stressed that it is unlikely that a regional or national grid failure could occur, higher and longer stages of load shedding have sparked fears among industries such as the telecom, retail, mining and financial services sectors – with many executing scenario planning in case of a total grid collapse.
The number of people in South Africa relying on government grants and welfare is about to exceed the number of working people paying taxes. In the absence of a properly funded and staffed police force in many parts of the country, looting and violence have become commonplace. Because of what has been described as “an anti-entrepreneurial and anti-wealth creation environment” fostered by the government, hopeless people have taken to stealing whatever they can. And gang violence has grown significantly as a result.
So how did all of this happen? There were a variety of factors involved, including government corruption and organized crime. But a couple of years ago, in order to stay in the good graces of the world banks and the global climate cabal, South Africa agreed to ambitiously reduce its carbon footprint. They used to mine a lot of coal and other desirable resources, but their output has plummeted. Don’t worry, though. They’ve blown some serious money on renewable energy. You can see how swimmingly that’s working out.
Does any of this sound familiar? Do you recall when America’s supply chain buckled when our own transportation infrastructure tanked and cargo ships were lined up at the ports for weeks? We too have seen rolling blackouts in multiple parts of the country as we rush to forbid the use of fossil fuels and toss up endless numbers of solar and wind generation plants. And it’s not as if we haven’t seen our fair share of rioting.
It really doesn’t take that much of a shove to cause a formerly muscular infrastructure to grind to a halt. South Africa is on the verge of societal failure. And if you think it couldn’t happen in the United States, you’re kidding yourself.
I thought Cape Town was up and coming. Maybe not. S. Africa is a long ways from Wisconsin.
Yes, by collapsing their power grid and reducing the amount of hours they generate each day.
They already are. South Africa is DEEP INTO China’s Belt and Road Initiative. I bet one of their precious ports will be under China’s control soon.
And then wonder why there is no food production.
I wonder why they are so far ahead ?
So South Africa is going native.
The world is throwing away prosperity and peace, and is moving inexorably toward a new dark age. It’s doubtful that anything can stop it.
I note that Zimbabwe has started to welcome back some of their white farmers. Actually some of South Africa’s neighbors welcomed whites to move there to help spur their economies, and it worked.
How can that be if railroads and electricity are not working?
1994 to today..... gee 28 years... that didn’t last long.....
It’s not becoming Wakanda?
Pretoria’s US sister city is Washington DC.
Truly the only way you could transfer power to blacks in places like South Africa and the former Rhodesia, was a gradual process, but nobody had the patience for it. The crooks rose to the top of the heap.
That would have been an obvious smart move.
I wonder how long until Pretoria or Johannesburg is renamed to “Mandela City”.
And how did all this happen? The competent government was turned over to the incompetents and corruption immediately took hold and strangled the goose before it could lay any more gold.
BLM DIEs.
Coming to a blue state near you……
“So how did all of this happen?”
I’ll say what nobody else has the balls to say:
It’s unreasonable to expect a people with an AVERAGE IQ of 80 to run a civilized country.
It’s just not going to happen.
After the white farmers leave, 75% will starve to death and the remaining 25% will be living off the land.
Yup, collapse here we come!
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