According to Professor Christo Viljoen, the entire country should consider two time zones to alleviate the poor planning and performance of our electricity monopoly.
Changing to two time zones is obviously just a minor trifle then. And it'll save us the next year or so of volatile electricity provision.
How long does he think it would take to switch over to two time zones, exactly? Even ignoring the amount of time this would spend in government (and hopefully there would be right-thinking individuals unwilling to let this pass quickly), there would need to be time allocated for the whole country to update their technology, their marketing, and perhaps their entire business models to cater for this.
Also, how much money does he suppose it would take to adjust bank systems, television guides, events management web sites, and so forth to support two time zones in a country that's been blessed with just one?
I have a suggestion.
Instead of subjecting the entire country to two time zones, how about Eskom actually doing their job? Their 4-6 billion rand of profit each year over the last few years were only that high due to negligence of the very service they're there to perform - provide a safe, secure, and reliable electricity supply.
So don't make everyone else change the way they do business and live their lives. Specifically, don't make it _my_ problem.
(But then, I suppose, there are those suggesting daylight savings time in South Africa. *shudder*)