LIGHTS OUT: GAUTENG PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS AS ESKOM’S GRID COLLAPSES—AGAIN.
This isn’t a drill. Right now, hundreds of thousands of South Africans are waking up in the dark or returning to cold, powerless homes. Eskom has OFFICIALLY switched off the power across massive stretches of Gauteng in a brutal, rolling blackout assault that will strangle families and cripple businesses for HOURS.
The evidence is in their own schedule. From 5 AM, neighborhoods like Diepsloot and Meadowlands were sacrificed. Tonight, from 5 PM, the nightmare shifts to Cosmo City, Orlando East, and countless others. The list is terrifyingly long: Sebokeng, Ivory Park, Kagiso, Zola—the names scroll on like a death warrant for normal life. This is a COORDINATED SHUTDOWN.
But this is more than a schedule. This is a PATTERN of failure. While you shiver in the dark, ask yourself: WHO BENEFITS from a population kept exhausted and powerless? The silence from those in charge is DEAFENING. They issue dry warnings and hide behind “grid protection,” while everyday people lose money, safety, and hope.
They give you a “seven-day rotation” to plan your suffering around. They urge you to “prepare” for the chaos THEY created. This is the new normal, and it is designed to break you.
The system isn’t failing—it’s working exactly as intended.




