When to shed or not
in a large semi-circular room with a high ceiling, several people sit separately at long, curved desks gazing at rows of computers blinking intricate patterns of numbers, graphs and tables. A display of screens of different sizes covers the entire wall in front of them, with a huge map of South Africa taking pride of place in the centre.
It looks a bit like a dealing room, but it’s too quiet and too spacious. It is similar to an air traffic control tower because of the constant vigilance required by its occupants and the enormous pressure on them when unexpected things happen.
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