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Re:South Africa's national electricity crisis to worsen by jl6 on Sunday November 20, 2022 @04:58PM (#33685855)
Any obvious reasons why it has enjoyed this success while its southern neighbour hasn’t?
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Re:South Africa's national electricity crisis to worsen by quink on Sunday November 20, 2022 @06:25PM (#33686661)
Competent forward-looking leadership.

There's plenty of factors that helped, I can think of a dozen right off the top of my head, but the one that made a crucial difference is in my opinion really the above.

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Re:South Africa's national electricity crisis to worsen by buyx on Sunday November 20, 2022 @09:36PM (#33688025)
And this: https://www.tralac.org/news/article/6931-surge-in-botswana-s...
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Re:South Africa's national electricity crisis to worsen by buyx on Sunday November 20, 2022 @09:34PM (#33688003)
It's a tiny country (population 2.3 million, vs South Africa's 60 million), mono-ethnic, rich in diamonds, strong culture of law and order.

South Africa also props Botswana up via a customs union.

https://www.tralac.org/news/article/6931-surge-in-botswana-s...

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