People have had to adapt their lives to deal with load-shedding.
“How my family and I prepare for load-shedding is by buying a gas bottle for our stove which costs R400 to fill each month. I don’t always have that money, so some days I have to cook and boil water to bath on an open fire in my backyard,”
“It was so challenging but we had to cope. We cooked with an open fire in our yard. We also used an open fire to warm water to bath,” Shidumo says. “The situation is not the best in our area. My family has had to install solar panels so that we can get through our day-to-day home activities,” she says.
Thembinkosi Shivambo, from Tswelopele in Tembisa, says they too have been without electricity for a year. “It is difficult but I try my best to plan ahead. I iron their uniform the night before — if we do have electricity. I pack their lunch the night before, but they do not like that, they like to take fresh lunch to school. I also make sure that, after dinner, we clean the house and do the laundry, so filth does not pile up,” she says.“Sometimes the local substation blows up and we are without electricity for four days at a time. That is the hardest time.
Their wall-installed heaters run on electricity, which means they have had to buy a gas heater to keep the children warm on cold winter days. Her administrator, Jabu Fani, says he has to come in earlier than usual because he needs to make sure all the schools’ administration is done before the 8am to 10am load-shedding slot.
“I can’t say if the grid will collapse completely but I can say that my partners and I will do all we can to keep this business going.” A 32-year-old programmer, from Midrand, who asked to remain anonymous, says he had to invest in an inverter “because I work from home and I need to be able to connect”.
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