By cryptoandcoffee on Skatehive
source The game is simple cripple South Africa's electricity supply, crippling the economy so the alternative being offered will be accepted. One doesn't have to look too far at what games are being played as the stakes are very high for South Africa. The Karpowership deal has raised it's ugly head yet again and the reasons are rather obvious. Having spent most of my life in Africa the one thing I have learned is the obvious is always staring at you as the people are not smart enough to come up with elaborate schemes. The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe is trying to push this deal through. The deal would be for 20 years supplying 1200MW for an ever increasing price tag of R220 Billion. This price was pre the Ukraine/Russian war so one can only imagine where this price tag could end up. South Africa has no operational refineries besides SASOL who is also in a sorry economic state so all fuel will be imported. With an ever weakening rand the final tally of this de