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by Cobus van Staden
Customers wait in line to enter Frontier Fiesta on February 17, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Millions of Americans were struggling without electricity as bitter cold from a deadly winter storm system held its grip across huge swathes of the United States, even pushing as far south as Mexico. Thomas Shea / AFP

The recent striking images of Texans stuck in freezing temperatures without electricity and queueing for water. 

I felt much solidarity with them, especially when a blackout in Johannesburg made it impossible for me to join Eric in a fascinating conversation with Rasheed Griffith on the China in Africa Podcast.

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