Hello Darkness, my old friend

IS Mr De Ruiter back at Eskom?

- RICHARD J MANN

That's the only explanation for this new plunge into accustomed darkness. After all, if memory serves, the ANC and friends dubbed him the prince of darkness, blaming him for our power troubles.

I recall Mr Mbalula calling him a racist and a “right wing”, both of which characteristics are bound to destroy any power utility.

The “right wing” thing put me off my favourite KFC offering for months. And things were going so smoothly before the national elections. Cynical South Africans read all sorts of nasty things into the coincidental timing. Of course, it’s coincidental. These things happen.

Have you not noticed an increase in acts of generosity, visibility and church attendance by politicians around election season? Just part of the mystical rhythm of life - like the seasons. No sooner had we voted in municipal elections than the lights all went out in Massachusetts. A fitting metaphor, perhaps.