Back To the Future

We're not allowed to think it Colonialism, apartheid had benefits During apartheid RSA was clean A religious sort of clean, I admit But things worked, banks took checks And you could go in, not pay to deposit Out of fear of criminals, banks hide From depositors, charge not "credit" (us) Back before Mandela's famed win Electricity was second cheapest Only beaten by New Zealand in price Now money cannot buy power/t"krag," My local grocery man says he can't pay The cost of diesel, Rands1,000 an hour To run generators to keep food fresh And we are now in Day 2 of blackout We are going back; the good old days? Make a wood fire for morning mojo, tea? NOTE: It's 7:30 am by the time I post this, and it's 20 hours straight without any electric. The providers, government owned, just don't care enough. Corruption & lack of maintenance is destroying the first world status if our cuties & towns. Will investors come here when power is so undependable? No hot meal or drink for me since 11am yesterday, & one must travel to town in steady rain to buy, if available. God will always see us through, in Jesus's name. PTL