The eThekwini municipality says the recent escalation to stage 6 load-shedding has severely strained the city's electricity infrastructure.
Fed-up residents hit out at the municipality's appeal to switch on appliances 30 minutes after load-shedding.Join the queue. For years we have been complaining about the brunt we must go through due to load-shedding. Perhaps now that is also starting to affect your pocket you will take this more seriously. Otherwise, join the line where complaints are brushed aside."
Another said:"Our area tripped seconds after load-shedding ended at 6am. It came back on for only two seconds around 10am and has not come back yet. Are we expected to wake up at 4am to turn everything off during load-shedding so we are guaranteed to have power come back on and stay on at 6am? "Time you beefed up the infrastructure to handle being switched on and off, seeing as we are going to be having load-shedding for several more years, if not indefinitely."READ MORE:
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