Eish Eskom!

So as most of the world will have heard South Africa has had some electricity supply problems in the last couple of years. Possibly caused by terrorists and anti ANC elements at times like Public Minister of Enterprises Alec Erwin suggested back in 2006 But more likely caused by total mismanagement. As the government and Alec Erwin himself acknowledges himself here it is at least "in part" the governments fault. In South Africa even a partial admittance of culpability is what sets it apart from the rest of Africa.
Some of the plans to cope with the serious shortage of electricity in the country include switching all traffic signals to solar power. Truly visionary.
Oh and the raft of power supply developments scheduled to avert a power supply crisis in 2010 for the world cup - all delayed well into 2012 and beyond. Still as long as the games are played in daylight, transport to the games shouldn't be a problem given the solar powered traffic lights.