South Africa’s loadshedding is not just an energy crisis; it’s a parable. Eskom is the form — the structure built to carry light — but it can only function when animated by a task team that serves the collective. When leadership serves itself rather than the people, the form falters, and the light we depend on disappears.
Light is not only about electricity; it is about coherence. When leaders act with integrity, institutions illuminate life: households prosper, communities grow, nations hold together. But when selfishness and division creep in, the light dims. Power cuts are not unlike the breakdowns in homes and friendships: moments when relationships no longer generate the warmth, safety, or trust they were meant to sustain.
In daily life, the same pattern is visible. A parent who clings to authority rather than embracing mutual respect casts shadows across the home. Men who dominate each other instead of building trust plunge their communities into rivalry. Just as Eskom cannot supply light without coherence in leadership, no relationship can remain healthy when accountability is dodged and power is hoarded.
The task team is always the spirit behind the form. When it serves the whole, the form radiates light; when it turns inward, the form decays into shadow. Eskom’s failures mirror the deeper truth: darkness follows wherever stewardship gives way to entitlement.
So when the lights go out, it is not only Eskom’s collapse we are witnessing — it is a reflection of how disorder and mistrust corrode our bonds with each other. Darkness is the consequence of neglect; light will return only when we choose coherence over corruption, stewardship over self, and service over control.
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