Thanks Patrick! That was very informative.
As you may know, we have a similar problem here -- not
with water, but with electricity and heating -- but
for different reasons. The Far East and Siberia are
plagued with shutoffs of electricity (in Siberia, in
winter). This is because, in Russia,
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From: Chris Doss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wow. A water Chubais. If they did that in Russia, they
would have mass opposition rallies. The very idea of
paying bills is a novelty here. What are water costs
like in South Africa? Water is free here (two things
Russia is not
Hi Patrick.
--- Patrick Bond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In SA, they've finally stopped the practice of
shutting off whole
sections
of (black) townships when a large proportion of
residents don't pay
bills,
but they still do for apartment houses. And that's in
a country with a
centre-left regime and
Hi Patrick.
--- Patrick Bond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In SA, they've finally stopped the practice of
shutting off whole
sections
of (black) townships when a large proportion of
residents don't pay
bills,
but they still do for apartment houses. And that's in
a country with a
centre-left regime and
