Diepkloof residents threaten polling station shutdown
Plagued by protracted power outages and inundated with load shedding, the residents have vowed to shut down all polling stations on Monday.
We are prepared to pay but they should take responsibility for their errors and stop making us the bad people“We never asked the government for any freebies. The ruling party is the one that made all these empty promises about free electricity. But, because they looted and spent all the money on themselves, they now want us to pay for basic services.”
Residents of Zone 4 in Diepkloof, Soweto, barricaded streets using rocks, burning tyres and trees, preventing motorists from using the road, in protest? against protracted power outages. While sitting on the verge of the Rea Vaya bus station, community leader Mike told City Press: “If we were real criminals, we would have burnt down this Rea Vaya station because it does nothing for us, and all we are and have been asking for is electricity.”He warned political parties not to expect any voting to take place. “They only come here when they want us to vote for them, and that will not happen.
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