More than 80 residents, scholars, organisations, and members of civil society groups met at Bertha House in Salt River. Many people spoke out about the challenges they experience during loadshedding and how the power crisis could be resolved.
On Wednesday evening, more than 80 residents, scholars, organisations, and members of civil society groups met at Bertha House in Salt River. Many people spoke out about the challenges they experience during loadshedding and how the power crisis could be resolved.
Under the #FixEskom campaign, they are demanding that loadshedding end by December 2023 and they want Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe to be fired. Some of their other demands are the planned tariff increases to be scrapped; for municipalities to procure their own power and to build new power lines and substations to enable investment in renewable sources.
Nonqaba Melani, who lives in Site C in Khayelitsha, told attendees that one of the biggest challenges of loadshedding is the damage it causes to appliances. She said this has also caused electricity boxes to explode, causing shacks fires.
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