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Political parties not doing their bit in the FS electricity crisis─── 18:02 Thu, 02 Oct 2014
Parys - Opposition political parties are not doing anything to stop Eskom’s plans of disconnecting electricity at three Free State municipalities tomorrow.
This is according to Elma Klopper a concerned resident from Parys in the Ngwathe Municipality. She says opposition political parties have the leadership and capacity to support and fight for the rights of residents but still nothing is being done by them. Klopper says a group of concerned residents now wants answers. Klopper says a group of concerned residents wants answers. They plan to have a protest march which they hope will have a great impact.
Ngwathe is amongst three municipalities that were notified that their electricity will be disconnected tomorrow.
Eskom says Maluti-a-Phofung in Qwaqwa owes R418.6 million, Ngwathe owes R257.9 million and Dihlabeng in Bethlehem has debt of about R59.1 million.
Klopper believes the march will have a great impact to quickly resolve the matter before it becomes messy.
Klopper believes the march will have a great impact to quickly resolve the matter before it becomes messy.
Refilwe Mekoa/OFM News
Elma Klopper:
