'Eskom executives live lavishly as SA citizens suffer from rolling blackouts,' laments march organiser and spokesperson for StandUpSA - a newly formed organisation against load shedding - Khustaz Mtwentwe
Eskom executives have been slammed for living lavishly while South Africans struggle under the weight of rolling blackouts. This is according to march organiser and spokesperson for #StandUpSA - a newly formed organisation against load shedding - Khustaz Mtwentwe, who added:
He addressed a crowd of protesters, who on Thursday afternoon marched to Eskom's Megawatt Park offices in Sunninghill in Johannesburg. They protested against Eskom's failure to keep the lights on and the National Energy Regulator of SA's approval of an 18.65% electricity tariff increase set to take effect from April 1.
In a memorandum of demands handed over to Eskom's representatives, the organisation demanded that the power utility:
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