The ANC in Johannesburg will lead a march of Soweto residents to Eskom offices in Diepkloof on Thursday. The march follows last Friday’s power cuts in Soweto which lasted for more than ten hours. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, many of Soweto’s resident feel entitled to free electricity as it was one of the things promised to them when the country gained democracy in 1994, a local told News24.<\/p>\n
The man, who refused to be named, said the late former president Nelson Mandela’s promise of a better South Africa with free education, free electricity, free water and sanitation had not been realised.<\/p>\n
“It’s sad he died without having had implemented those things,” the man told News24 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
He was speaking just days after the area of Orlando in Soweto had erupted in protests, with locals rejecting Eskom’s move to install prepaid electricity meters in the area.<\/p>\n
Many of the locals have demanded a flat rate of R400, which would be less than they should be paying for power consumption.<\/p>\n
One unemployed woman who owns a house in Orlando, Soweto, admitted to not paying the monthly bills which she received.<\/p>\n
She did not want the prepaid meter to be installed in her yard either because it would probably mean paying for electricity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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