‘A technician for every community’ – Soweto residents take grievances to Joburg mayor
Protesting Soweto residents have handed over a list of demands to Johannesburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse.
Residents of the area took to the streets on Tuesday to demand the restoration of electricity and an improvement in the delivery of services.
The demands handed to Phalatse include a technician for each Soweto community and the restoration of electricity supply to all households within two months.
“The immediate solution is that each community in Soweto must be allocated a technician to go and sort out all those issues with immediate effect,” said Operation Dudula leader Nhlanhla ‘Lux’ Dlamini.
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Scores of Soweto residents braved the cold weather to march to Phalaste’s offices in Braamfontein.
Many claim to have been without electricity for weeks and sometimes even months on end.
Diepkloof resident Miriam Mogwera says Ward 27 has been in the dark since last month.
#SowetoShutdown Miriam Mogwera from Diepkloof is pleading with Mayor Phalatse to intervene in Soweto’s electricity crisis. She says if Phalatse doesn’t concede to their demands then the whole country will stand still. pic.twitter.com/1BJ7QTXxNR
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) June 21, 2022
Mogwera warned Phalatse that Soweto residents will have no choice but to bring the country to a standstill if the city fails to find a solution.
#SowetoShutdown Mogwera says Diepkloof ward 27 has been without power since the beginning of June.
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) June 21, 2022
She says this has since has resulted in purchasing groceries “from hand to mouth”. pic.twitter.com/Z7CLJHJfEW
Phalatse assured protestors that her office will respond in 14 days by way of a progress report.
