A man from Orlando in Soweto died while in the queue to upgrade his meter box. South Africans mourned his death, and some believed the deadline was too tight.
South Africans were heartbroken at the death, and many criticised the government for giving a tight deadline, while some slammed residents for acting too latecurrent affairs journalist, contributed coverage of international and local social issues like health, corruption, education, unemployment, labour, service delivery protests and heritage in South Africa during his seven years at Daily Sun and...
Netizens were saddened that a man died while waiting to upgrade his prepaid meter box. Images: William Whitehurst, Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images and Jasmin MerdanJOHANNESBURG—The country's desperation to meet Eskom's 24 November 2024 deadline to upgrade meter numbers resulted in a death.. Busakwe and other residents had queued since 4 am. Hundreds were in the queue, and some had even camped overnight to be assisted.
Standing out in social media world? Easy! "Mastering Storytelling for Social Media" workshop by Briefly News. Join Us Live!"From May, we were informed to upgrade. Now people want to use free electricity because they don't want to buy electricity."Tebogo Mokwena Tebogo Mokwena is a Current Affairs Editor at Briefly News. He has a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON. He joined Daily Sun, where he worked for 4 years covering politics, crime, entertainment, current affairs, policy, governance and art. He was also a sub-editor and journalist for Capricorn Post before joining Vutivi Business News in 2020, where he covered small business news policy and governance, analysis and profiles. He joined Briefly News in 2023.
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