To the ridiculous (2)

UNLIKE our neighbours, Mocambique, who make announcements of mega projects ( From the sublime) when they have lined up finance and other details, we in South Africa don't bother with such fiddling stuff. Take today's "great news" that we, and Namibia, may build a 30-MW hydro-electrical power station on the Orange river ( er, where exactly?) The main reason for this announcement seems to be to gain a place in newsprint for the name of South Africa’s Department of Minerals and Energy, chief director for electricity, one Ompi Aphane. " It is still a high-level concept,” Aphane said loftily. Details, (those bothersome things again) are still unclear, he added. This pie-in-sky was blessed by President Thabo Mbeki and his Namibian counterpart Hifikepunye Pohamba when they met in Pretoria. Ah, so that is why this " project" was announced. Flim flam to make the great men look important. No prizes for guessing which electricity generating project (ours or Mocambique's) actually gets implemented.