'Apartheid was never good. Let's fix SA now for our youth,' Mashaba said.
Residents of Diepkloof Zone 3 in Soweto took to the streets on Monday to protest against persistent power outages during the past two weeks.blamed Eskom for the blackouts.
“Eskom undertook an operation to switch off the electricity for all households. That is not fair. Households are different. There are people who use a prepaid electricity system and others receive a monthly electricity bill. So Eskom should identify the culprits and deal with them and leave those who are compliant and paying.”
Newly elected Joburg mayor Mpho Phalatse met Eskom officials this week to discuss Soweto's electricity woes.called on paying residents to report illegal power connections.We want to ensure the basic needs of the City of Johannesburg residents; electricity being one of them. However, we need communities to partner with us as we work on strategies to ensure that we provide reliable electricity and root out theft and vandalism in Johannesburg.
“We urge customers paying for electricity to work with us to expose those not paying and call out those who continue to steal electricity from Eskom. Not paying for electricity is theft,” she said in a
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