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I must say I was astounded to read in the media recently that the Gauteng branch of the ANC is accusing Eskom of sabotaging them! Eskom claims that Soweto residents owe them over R8 billion towards electricity and apparently only 16% of Soweto residents even pay their electricity bill. They have not cut them off as a result of that – which of course they would in many other areas – all they did was giving them load shedding but apparently the residents are up in arms saying this is the area where Nelson Mandela grew up and where Bishop Tutu hails from and it is outrageous to have load shedding for such lengthy times in Soweto. I must say I don’t see the relevance who lived there before and nor do I believe, even if you have a Cabinet Minister living next door, that your suburb should then suddenly be immune to load shedding – if we are all equal, it does not matter who lives where now, or who used to live there.
The part that amazes me is when 84% of people have not paid their bill, they even have the audacity to go and protest about load shedding! They should simply be cut off entirely until they pay and it is this kind of lack of respect for rules and debts in South Africa that creates so many problems for our society and our economy. It is well time that Eskom acted and harshly against those who do not pay their bills and Municipalities who do not recover the funds. The ANC went on to allege that when people’s electricity is cut off, they may not wish to vote for the ANC on the next occasion and that could cost the ANC in Gauteng. It is particularly rich coming from a party who has been in charge of South Africa for the last 21 years and could surely, at some time during that time, actually have done something about the power situation we face? They absolutely should be punished at the polls for what has happened to the electricity supply in South Africa and it is disgraceful and disingenuous to lay the blame at the door of Eskom, however incompetent they are, if the government took so long to wake up to the current problem and arrange financing and upgrades decades ago.
Posted by Michael de Broglio on Monday 08-Jun-15
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Alexis said:
on Friday 19-Jun-15 04:49 PM
That is the problem now isn't it. Problems are not being faced in South Africa, it is quite sad to see how far our country is regressing.
Sarah said:
on Wednesday 10-Jun-15 09:05 AM
I don't understand why people are still voting for ANC if they can see that nothing improving and the country is just getting worse and more corrupted.
Sandra said:
on Monday 08-Jun-15 04:06 PM
This party never ceases to amaze me
Charlotte Harding said:
on Monday 08-Jun-15 08:54 AM
VIVA Eskom! That's all I can say! It's high time all areas are affected by load shedding. Whether you pay or not, shouldn't make a difference, We are all in this together. Why should only certain areas be load shedded and others not, irrespective of who lives where.
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