A short list of people who are rather pleased about the power failures

1) The manufacturers and suppliers of those portable fluorescent tubes that have to be plugged into a power point for up to eight hours, before you can use them to light the way as you search for a power point into which to plug them.

2) Those guys who hawk DVDs and coat-hangers at traffic intersections, who now have a captive audience for several hours whenever the traffic lights stop working.

3) Telkom, who are now only the second most-despised parastatal in the southern hemisphere.