Eiskom!
Actually, that's supposed to read "Eskom", the South African electricity supply company... We'll, they leave us mostly in the dark. Literally!
Due to the idiots in charge (assigned their managerial posts as a result of our immensely clever president's affirmative action campaign), Eskom has not been maintaining our power stations, and has not lifted a finger to construct new ones as the demand for power increased. Starting since last year, and becoming unbearable this year, we've been running out of electricity, sometimes going into a 3000MW shortage... To cope, Eskom (read Eishkom) has been subjecting us to a nice little LOAD-SHEDDING scheme, whereby the power randomly goes out for at least two hours at a time. I say randomly, because even tho there are load shedding schedules available on the internet, they mean absolutely squat! To further make the public really happy, Eskom has still been supplying a few neighbouring countries with power until little more than a week ago... Everybody is so pissed off at them, that Eskom decided it would rather demolish our economy by shutting down our gold and platinum mines, than by dealing with enraged civilians... The Rand is losing value, the businesses are losing money, and i am... Sadly, i'm finding it funny... I'm feeling sorry for Eskom. They gave contracts out for 5 new powerstations, one being a nuclear one (Koeberg is SA's only nuclear power plant at this point). Give or take, the power crisis will be resolved in 2012. In 2010 we're hosting the Soccer World Cup... HOW are they going to pull that off? *chuckles, and shrugs*
Anyway! The meaning behind Eishkom:
In SA, "Eish" is a general word you use to express surprise or dismay. It comes from one of the local languages, and has catched on to everyone. So, Eskom is now Eishkom - It's brooooken. Hehe!
The following picture will demonstrate:
This appeared in the "Son" Sunday paper. The caption reads: "I call him Eskom, because he does his load-shedding everywhere." *laughs*
~W~
Due to the idiots in charge (assigned their managerial posts as a result of our immensely clever president's affirmative action campaign), Eskom has not been maintaining our power stations, and has not lifted a finger to construct new ones as the demand for power increased. Starting since last year, and becoming unbearable this year, we've been running out of electricity, sometimes going into a 3000MW shortage... To cope, Eskom (read Eishkom) has been subjecting us to a nice little LOAD-SHEDDING scheme, whereby the power randomly goes out for at least two hours at a time. I say randomly, because even tho there are load shedding schedules available on the internet, they mean absolutely squat! To further make the public really happy, Eskom has still been supplying a few neighbouring countries with power until little more than a week ago... Everybody is so pissed off at them, that Eskom decided it would rather demolish our economy by shutting down our gold and platinum mines, than by dealing with enraged civilians... The Rand is losing value, the businesses are losing money, and i am... Sadly, i'm finding it funny... I'm feeling sorry for Eskom. They gave contracts out for 5 new powerstations, one being a nuclear one (Koeberg is SA's only nuclear power plant at this point). Give or take, the power crisis will be resolved in 2012. In 2010 we're hosting the Soccer World Cup... HOW are they going to pull that off? *chuckles, and shrugs*
Anyway! The meaning behind Eishkom:
In SA, "Eish" is a general word you use to express surprise or dismay. It comes from one of the local languages, and has catched on to everyone. So, Eskom is now Eishkom - It's brooooken. Hehe!
The following picture will demonstrate:
This appeared in the "Son" Sunday paper. The caption reads: "I call him Eskom, because he does his load-shedding everywhere." *laughs*
~W~