A family that runs a butchery in Moletsane, Soweto, on Tuesday told Sowetan that they spend about R2,000 a week to store and cut their meat in other butcheries.
The 41-year-old runs Kasi Fries and sells kotas, chips and fatcakes in Jabulani, Soweto.
Mqozi, who normally wakes up at 4am every day to make chips and fatcakes, said when there is no electricity, she cannot work.Business owners said they had to scale down production or turn customers away. The pandemic forced Mlungu to retrench two employees. He now employs seven people in his businesses in the Mthatha CBD and Fortgale. “We are suffering. It is worse now because even gas prices have increased.A 19kg gas cylinder at R550 lasts him a week, whereas R400 for electricity lasts for aMlungu said he feared that until a permanent solution to fix Eskom’s woes is found, businesses would suffer.
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