Labour ⚒ unions are planning to shutdown the electricity tonight or tomorrow should Eskom not give them the 15% increase.
This is what a complete nationwide blackout would mean:
This is what a complete nationwide blackout would mean:
1) No running water. 💧 🚽
2) No communication networks ☎️
3) And yes, no internet 📱
4) Sorry you can't fill up your car or generators⛽️
5) No ATM's will work, No credit cards will function. 💰
6) You probably can't buy anything. 🙀
2) No communication networks ☎️
3) And yes, no internet 📱
4) Sorry you can't fill up your car or generators⛽️
5) No ATM's will work, No credit cards will function. 💰
6) You probably can't buy anything. 🙀
7) Hospitals will run out of backup resources. Sick people might die. Poor hospitals don't have backups, they will be first to die. 💀
8) All investment from outside will stop ✋.
9) Economy will completely collapse and there will be a food shortage. ☠️
8) All investment from outside will stop ✋.
9) Economy will completely collapse and there will be a food shortage. ☠️
10) People will start looting shops, supermarkets, crime will be at an all time high - and a Civil War will incur. We're all dead.
TL:DR - we're basically fucked if there's a blackout as it would take two weeks to power the grid back up again.
And that's it. Okay I'm done. Gonna take a swim and then ship some more code. Trust the guys up there can solve this shit.
