ESKOM’S SMART METER NIGHTMARE CONFIRMS THE GRID IS BEING SABOTAGED FROM WITHIN. A shocking investigation reveals the state-owned utility has installed a MERE 13% of its target smart meters, a catastrophic failure that leaves MILLIONS of South Africans in the dark while a culture of THEFT and LAWLESSNESS is rewarded. This isn’t just incompetence—it’s a SYSTEMIC COLLAPSE.
While citizens suffer under brutal “load reduction,” Eskom’s own data exposes a roll-out moving at a GLACIAL pace. With only 75,736 meters installed against a target of over 577,000, the promised end to localized blackouts is a CRUEL FANTASY. The majority of installations are concentrated in just four provinces, ABANDONING vast swathes of the country to energy apartheid.
This technological paralysis has a sinister cause. Eskom itself admits that “illegal connections and meter tampering” are crippling the network. Yet, the response is a weak-kneed “temporary measure” of punishing PAYING customers with more cuts. The message is clear: CRIME PAYS, while law-abiding communities are collectively punished. The utility’s silence in the face of direct questions is a SCANDALOUS betrayal of public trust.
Worse still, the free basic electricity program is a JOKE, reaching only 27.6% of eligible customers. This isn’t a plan; it’s a confession of utter surrender. As billions are poured into failing projects, the national grid isn’t being modernized—it’s being DISMANTLED street by street, leaving a dark void where a functioning state should be. The truth they don’t want you to see is that the lights aren’t coming back on; this is the permanent new reality of a nation willingly plunging itself into darkness.
Author: Kayitsi.com
