A SA friend was visiting us last year... We went for a walk around the neighborhood and the route took us past a cell tower. My friend started taking photos so I asked why. He said that he'd never seen a cell tower that didn't have everything chained down and fortressed. That in SA, even though the poor people rely on wireless for communication, they steal everything from batteries to tower parts. The towers get knocked out of service for a while but eventually somebody comes to fix them. Repeat.crazy2medic wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2019 6:32 pmGo after the infrastructure, water and sanitation system, power generation and distribution, fuel and food distribution, force them to try and guard everything!
So, when you talk about disrupting infrastructure, you're not talking about doing anything new, apparently. Maybe just "more".
Apartheid was awful and wrong... the only good that came of it was reliable power and food. When Mandela came to power in '94 there was a hope for a better outcome than other African nations had achieved post-colonialism.... Unfortunately, Winnie had been setting the "retribution" tone since the '80's and her hate, fraud and criminal acts for personal gain set the tone for ANC policy. Fast forward and here we are today... A clear cut case of two wrongs not making a right.
ETA: Just for reference... Apartheid was dismantled in the early 90's and Mandela was elected in '94. Anyone under the age of about 30 has never experienced first-hand SA under apartheid... Effectively, 35, since, who remembers much of anything before age 5?