Shoprite Group’s rooftop solar systems are now enough to power nearly 12 300 households annually.
WHILE SOUTH AFRICA BURNS in an ENDLESS load-shedding nightmare, ONE RETAIL GIANT is quietly amassing a PRIVATE ENERGY EMPIRE. Shoprite’s shocking admission that its solar systems now power the equivalent of 12,300 homes raises a DISTURBING question: Why are POWERLESS CITIZENS left in the dark while a CORPORATE BEHEMOTH secures its own glittering future?
This is NOT a feel-good green story. This is a HARSH EXPOSÉ of a nation’s FAILURE. A decade in the making, Shoprite’s 100th solar installation is a GLARING MONUMENT to a government that could not keep the lights on, forcing businesses to forge their own survival. “Crucial steps to net-zero,” boasts their sustainability chief, Sanjeev Raghubir, as the company consumes a STAGGERING 151,243 MWh of renewable energy. But at what cost to the rest of us? This corporate energy sovereignty comes as millions of South Africans shiver through nightly blackouts.
Their “accelerated efforts” and “wheeling projects” are a DAMNING INDICTMENT. They’ve fitted nearly 1,400 trailers with solar panels—a mobile energy fleet—while ordinary people wait in line for paraffin. This isn’t sustainability; it’s a chilling preview of a TWO-TIER SOCIETY: the energy-rich corporations and the power-starved public.
The bitter truth is now laid bare: in the battle for resources, your local supermarket chain is WINNING, and you have already LOST. The age of corporate self-reliance has dawned, and your place in the dark is all but guaranteed.
Author: Kayitsi.com
