{"id":81464,"date":"2015-02-18T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/81464\/load-shedding-is-a-joke\/"},"modified":"2015-02-18T12:42:42","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T10:42:42","slug":"load-shedding-is-a-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/opinion-edition\/2015\/02\/18\/load-shedding-is-a-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Load shedding is a joke"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris van Schalkwyk, Elsburg writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just a short letter concerning the load shedding our country is experiencing.<\/p>

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For the past few weeks, the country has been experiencing load shedding due to no maintenance of our sub-stations, not to mention the lack of maintenance at the country\u2019s power stations.<\/p>\n

Turbines have blown up at the power stations.<\/p>

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Although we are experiencing load shedding, our electricity bills are higher than normal.<\/p>\n

Are we paying for another area\u2019s electricity, which does not pay?<\/p>\n

The other night, I contacted Eskom directly and explained to them what I have just mentioned.<\/p>\n

They, or should I say, the operator asked me if I paid directly to Eskom.<\/p>\n

My answer was, “no I pay it to the Ekurhuleni municipality.”<\/p>\n

What is the difference if we pay Eskom or the municipality?<\/p>\n

Whether you pay to either of them, if there is load shedding your lights will still be switched off at any given time.<\/p>\n

This is a joke.<\/p>\n

We pay rates and taxes, I wonder what for?<\/p>\n

Roads have got potholes, street names are disappearing and grass does not get maintained.<\/p>\n

I could carry on listing problems in our neighbourhood forever.<\/p>\n

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