JOHANNESBURG IS DRY. YOUR LIGHTS ARE NEXT. As a water catastrophe paralyzes South Africa’s economic heart, President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers a sunny speech while quietly SCRAPPING the one energy promise that prevented total blackout.
This week, hundreds of thousands in Johannesburg were left scrambling for water tankers as city systems COLLAPSED. But in his State of the Nation Address, Ramaphosa brushed past the emergency to make a disastrous U-turn on electricity. Eskom, the failed monopoly that plunged the nation into darkness, is now BACKTRACKING on giving up control of the national transmission grid. This is a BETRAYAL.
“We are establishing a fully independent state-owned transmission entity,” Ramaphosa SAID to the nation. But this is a LIE. His own task force is now “addressing issues” with the plan—code for KILLING IT. Big business groups are BEGGING for this reform, the final shield against permanent load-shedding. Why is it being sabotaged NOW?
The media photos tell the real story: ministers in suits on “oversight visits” while taps run dry. Ramaphosa admits water revenue is STOLEN by municipalities for “other purposes,” while infrastructure rots. He threatens charges, but the SYSTEM protects itself. He pledges R156-billion, but where does the money REALLY go?
This is a coordinated collapse. From power to water to ports, the state is seizing control while services implode. Ramaphosa talks of growth and “investor confidence,” but his actions show a desperate grip on failing monopolies. Skilled workers get visa fast-tracks, while citizens get dry taps and broken promises.
The elite get photo-ops and task teams. You get a bucket and a looming blackout.
They are not failing. They are choosing this.
Edited for Kayitsi.com




