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With the country plunged in darkness, South Africans are venting their frustration over Stage 6 rolling blackouts with some now threatening to take their anger to the streets in February.

with some now threatening to take their anger to the streets in February.

Mercia Motsamai, who once boasted a fully stocked shop in Meadowlands, Soweto has now lost almost everything in the last two years due to rolling blackouts. Her shelves are empty with her fridges damaged by surging power. She had to throw away most of her rotten stock. She says all this caused her to fall into depression.

“We can’t keep up who is going to buy from you if they don’t have electricity with which to cook. You can’t imagine I have been for the past 28 years already but then I have never gone through this I have a generator and petrol is costing me a lot I lose a lot of money here,” says Mazibuko.

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Ons moet nou gaan nie Februarie ni Nou ons is gatvol om vir iets te betaal wat ons ni kry nie en dan wil hulle dit nog opstoot met 18 % belaglik Enoeg is Enoeg Ons is Gatvol

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So you SABC you are not frustrated?

Why February? Who agreed to that nonsense? why not today?

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