Staff use their cellphones to light their work
The only post office in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape has been operating without electricity since July last year. Now customers are furious that because the computers don't work they can't get the television decoders they ordered and as a result can't watch their favourite channels.
Questions sent by GroundUp to municipal spokesperson Yoliswa Ramokolo on Thursday last week have still not been answered in spite of several further attempts to make contact. Customers also complain that they are unable to access any services which need computers, such as tracing parcels."This is a big problem, the Post Office is now just there for nothing. We can't get services, as employees cannot log into their system. The system needs electricity to function and there is none," said Tembani Sangotsha from Extension 8 in Makhanda.
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