What do you think about
Last week the city of Tswane cut illegal electricity connections following a huge strain on the power system because of a spike in usage during the cold season. The Rep reporter, Ntsikelelo Qoyo, went to ask people in Komani if they supported the cutting of illegal connections in the town.
Miam Mudassar from Top Town
They should disconnect. Eskom is also a business. They have expenses and they can only do that when they receive revenue.
Everywhere you go you pay for a service you get, there is no other business model. If people do not have money to pay for electricity they have to try and find alternative sources of power like paraffin.
Sheldon Spiers from New Rest
I would support that but, in all honesty, I do not think anything will be done. We have MECs who come here and say something will happen, but we wait and wait and nothing happens. They must focus on implementing all these plans.
Ziyanda Peter from Westbourne
I would support that move, but I am more worried about the repercussions of such actions. People who live in informal settlements, for instance, also feel entitled to have electricity and I do not think they will just accept their electricity being cut off. There will be strikes.
Asanda Ndulelisa from Aloe Vale
They have to disconnect the illegal connections. I fully support it. We are paying very high rates as it is and are constantly having outages. They must disconnect so that at least we can stop load shedding.
Margaret Snyders from Victoria Park
They have to cut them. We are paying and it is unfair that we have to pay while some people are using free power. What is happening now is that our electricity is tripping. We are totally with Eskom and we support them.