Our South African chemical friends are suffering along with the rest of the population from the ongoing power cuts, which are now entering their third week. A lack of new power plants and increased energy demand have left the country short of power, so that whole regions are dark for up to five hours a day as street lights shut down. We hear one joke going the rounds in Jo'burg: "What's the difference between the Titanic and South Africa? The Titanic sank with the lights on."
South Africans joke through power cuts
By Barbara Ortner on January 24, 2008 10:22 AM
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