The equality drive meant that they literally got rid of white engineers. Those people had to move to other countries, like New Zealand, because they could not find another job. My son, who worked in the telecommunications industry, came across the SA engineers (and builders) all the time - their story was harrowing. Fired because they were white. They are the lucky ones, if they managed to relocate, BTW.
In any case, the government achieved equality by hiring new engineers who did not know about things like grid maintenance - same with water supply engineers, builders and farmers. Furthermore, there is the small issue of new electrical installations which are a lovely target for copper thieves, who will gladly steal all the cables for some cash - this from a story told by one of those electrical engineers.
Oh, and that reminds me of Bootygigs statement that there are too many white people in the construction industry. Stupidity has no bounds it seems.
The equality drive meant that they literally got rid of white engineers. Those people had to move to other countries, like New Zealand, because they could not find another job. My son, who worked in the telecommunications industry, came across the SA engineers (and builders) all the time - their story was harrowing. Fired because they were white. They are the lucky ones, if they managed to relocate, BTW.
In any case, the government achieved equality by hiring new engineers who did not know about things like grid maintenance - same with water supply engineers, builders and farmers. Furthermore, there is the small issue of new electrical installations which are a lovely target for copper thieves, who will gladly steal all the cables for some cash - this from a story told by one of those electrical engineers.
Oh, and that reminds me of Bootygigs statement that there are too many white people in the construction industry. Stupidity has no bounds it seems.
Thanks, u/purkiss80/, for posting.