'Electricity is a right and we must not pay for it': Andile Mngxitama on Soweto shutdown

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'Electricity is a right and we must not pay for it': Andile Mngxitama on Soweto shutdown
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“Free electricity is a right and we must get it without paying for it.”

Andile Mngxitama says coal is free so electricity has no cost. 'It's a God-given product, you just go and take it out of the ground.'Black First Land First leader Andile Mngxitama has weighed in on the Soweto electricity crisis, saying residents have a right to free electricity.

On Tuesday Soweto residents planned a shutdown before the state of the province address by Premier David Makhura, demanding free electricity. The residents marched on Chris Hani Road, saying they resorted to protest action because it was the only language government understood,

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