Eskom promises to restore power in parts of Soweto
Residents of Senaoane, a suburb of Soweto, have been living without electricity for more than two years and they’ve had enough.
It’s one of many areas in Soweto battling with outages after transformers have failed.
Eskom is aiming to fix the problems by Friday but residents don’t seem convinced.
They’re threatening protest action again.
A frustrated Senaoane resident who has gone without electricity for months, who fears that this will be yet another winter in the dark.
Thobile Mpila, a resident, said, “it’s over two years now; We’re actually approaching the third winter without electricity. So it’s really difficult especially when it’s winter. You make sure that you’re home very early and you’re in your blankets to keep warm. You can’t have warm water because you can’t go out in the rain to ask the neighbors to warm up water for you.”
67-year-old Dorris Mdluli is diabetic and her chronic medication needs to be refrigerated.
Mdluli said, “I put my medication on the floor because when we ask some neighbors to refrigerate it, they get upset.”
“They don’t want to help anymore, they chase us away. So now I have no other option but to leave it on the ground, on the cement. That’s the coldest place, because the medication needs to be refrigerated.”
79-year-old Gloria Nxumalo also depends on chronic medication.
Nxumalo said, “we’re going to the third winter without electricity now. I’m not sure if I’ll even make it through alive. The winter cold is what will take my life.”
Eskom says many of its transformers are failing due to overloading, illegal connections, and customers not paying for electricity used.
Eskom is promising to resolve Senaoane’s electricity woes by Friday, but the frustrated community is threatening to take to the streets again.
Source: eNCA
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