My plea to all South Africans is that we cannot now want to burn tyres and close roads in protests, we've made our choices and we must live with those choices.
Many of us are mere mortals who use buses and taxis, when you close the roads and stone the buses how is that going to address your issues?
Do you really believe the decision-makers at Eskom or some government department use a bus as their mode of transport? Soweto residents in places like Zola and Orlando East have stoned buses and closed roads for an extended period. Are their electricity and lack of service delivery issues sorted? The answer is an emphatic No.
As much as you used your right not to vote, do not close the roads and stone the buses, preventing others from going to work; they do not wield the power to give you free electricity or services. You failed to use the most powerful and legal option to bring about change, your vote. Burning tyres and damaging tarred roads only inconveniences us and not those who do not live in our areas.
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