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JOHANNESBURG - Soweto residents have taken to the streets on Tuesday demanding free electricity, housing and land. Residents of Soweto and various other townships threatened to shut the province down ahead of the State of the Province Address by Premier David Makhura.This comes also a day before Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers his budget speech.The area owes the utility billions of rands.
Eskom is owed more than R30-billion from various municipalities and has vowed to be more aggressive in collecting debt from defaulting municipalities.The Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee says it's tired of being bullied by Eskom. Residents are planning a shutdown to force government to lower electricity rates they say they cant afford. Courtesy
Njani when they contributed a whole chunk to Eskom being in its current state, haaisoka, they should just pay their electricity bills
Who is fooling Who here?
I am sure it doesn't refer to every resident of Soweto. As usual the minority probably causing problems for the majority. I sincerely hope that those who are legally prepaid are not included in general cuts. Something that annoys me with loadshedding when I have paid upfront.
Free loading at its finest.
This looks more like another EFF hate march, and more demands for free stuff.
The guy doing the interview can be a struggle leader... I still think they are entitled, but he's well spoken and knows his facts and sticks within those facts
They must pay up! Savages
No payment = No electricity !!!
Let us make RSA work. Give everything for free. We will all be equal in hunger, health and so on
& No to NON-PAYMENT: Services MUST be paid
Soweto will never have another good story to remember, apartheid is over yes thanks to soweto but now we need to move, pay electricity and move, mahala is over guys can't u understand? U strike for everything, don't u remember u are now criminals against development? Pay
Shouldve said 23 Soweto residents protesting.
Keep posting us so we can know which entrance we can use when come back from work my fellow sowetans
Say whaaaaaaaaaat 🤣!
When I think I buy electricity every now and then when I c this I get sick coz in my area they patrol and when they find you using izinyoka they cut everything
What's so special about them that they can't have electricity cuts? 🙄
Dramatic irony at its best.
Shame, let them march with the money they owe for electricity. Maybe all the people in South Africa who pays for their own monthly electricity usage must also march in protest against those who don't pay.
Smells of MYANC fanctions and EFFSouthAfrica . Sabotage underway
Soweto residents tend to hv des element of entitlement...get off yr high house n pay electricity
They drive the best cars in Soweto and all the homes have DSTV. Then they can pay for Electricity.
Welcome to active payers association of SA
That's it! That's how certain leaders in our society prey on the ignorance of our people to further destroy the very economy that's expected to create jobs for them. When your refusal to pay is part of the problems of maintaining Eskom, now Pravin is the cause. I can't think far
They gonna destroy the electricity lines then?
Some of the anc's teachings are coming back to haunt them, they created this culture of free-loading and sense of entitlement because short term, it secured them votes and here we witnessing the long term damages it created!🙏😕👎
Good, keep marching north until you reach the equator.
They are probably MYANC voters marching against themselves 🤣🤣🤣🤣we warned them
Why can’t they use their stockvel collection to buy Solar panels or alternative energy and stop being dependent on Eskom.
They must start paying for their electricity like the rest of us
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