Big things are happening in the world, but don’t expect me to tell you what they are.
Like many South Africans, I’ve been a little distracted these days. The country’s notorious electricity situation has worsened to blackouts three times a day. People like me, whose work depends on internet access, migrate across the city every few hours to cafes and other workplaces that still have power. All the time, Johannesburg is simmering in its diesel stink. People have no time or patience for anything outside the immediate crisis.