Members of the Gauteng Electricity Movement say they will not pay for electricity and are planning to mobilise the rest of the country to join in their boycott. GautengElectricityMovement SowetoShutdown Eskom SowetoProtest SABCNews
Leaders of the movement which comprises of various community organisations across Gauteng briefed the media in Johannesburg on Tuesday.Watch the Gauteng Electricity Movement threatening further shutdowns
The Gauteng Electricity Movement says electricity is a basic right and they are not prepared to pay for it.they receive from Eskom are an attempt by government to recoup monies that have been misappropriated through corruption.They are demanding among others, an end to load shedding, scrapping of prepaid electricity meters and for all homes who haveThey deny that this Tuesday’s shutdown was a flop. They say they were forced to retreat due to police intimidation.
In Soweto alone, residents are said to owe Eskom as much as R18 billion, with many residents illegally connected.Almost 200 000 households have prepaid meters. Eskom says 60% of these households are guilty of some form of tampering.
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