Monthly Archives: February 2008

North City Panelbeaters Are Crap

In 2005 I had a nasty fender bender with a BMW on the way to Pretoria. Through insurers Outsurance, North City Panelbeaters were given the job of doing the repairs. Not only was their communication with me atrocious, but their service itself was shameful. I was ill in hospital shortly after the accident and they [...]

ESKOM Rewards Staff for Performance…

The whopping big bonuses seen in headlines a short while ago were supposedly partly for Awards that Eskom had received. Lets look at some of these shall we. The KPMG Survey of Sustainability Reporting in South Africa Eskom was awarded the KPMG Gold award for the best sustainability disclosure in an annual report in the [...]

“SHED YOUR LOAD” @ www.blackout.co.za

“Well I’ll be damned! There is “wragtie waar” a place for unhappy citizens to share their “blackout” pains with the world. Who would have thought! If you have a story to tell go to http://www.blackout.co.za. Some interesting reading there.

Eskom, why “brown” stage?

The Load Shedding schedules refer to Brown Stage 1, Brown Stage 2, etc. This is derived from their cute little dial that indicates the likelihood of load shedding, with each stage affecting a different area at a different time (sort of). The dial ranges from green to brown with brown representing load shedding taking place. [...]