Explore the estate boom in South Africa, where residents are choosing predictable security and managed services over the uncertainties of the outside world. Is this the new social contract?

The outages taught South Africans to live with constant failure. Now, even with power restored, those habits persist, turning electricity into a stark class marker across the country.

It's more than just coping. Laughter becomes a powerful tool for ordinary people to mock authority and express deep distrust in the country's failing systems.