Electricity Supply to jeopardize expansion at Roux Pecans?

Due to bad planning and not reacting to timeous warning, the South African Government has made certain that there will be a lack of reliable supply of electricity until at least 2013.

It may mean that the expansion of the orchard cannot happen if we cannot get a transformer upgrade for increased supply. Using diesel motors is a scenario that we do not want to turn to - for many reasons. Among others are management, maintenance and cost of engines, besides the burning of diesel, and that escalating price in $US and a depreciating ZAR.

President Mbeki apologized that he and his ministers did not take heed of the warnings given them in 1996 that the country needed investment in infrastructure to deliver increasing demand from our expanding economy.

What is it with politicians that they think that they would know better than experts in the field, or any field of expertise other than being a politician?

It appears that one does not need much expertise to be a politician in South Africa anyway. Historically and current. They are and have been a blight on our country.