Load-shedding keeps criminals under cover
Please allow me space in your newspaper to express my concerns as a citizen of South Africa about the ongoing situation with electricity in the country.
The government and Eskom need to do something drastic, quickly, to come up with a lasting solution to load-shedding before it is too late and many lives are lost. The ongoing load-shedding, especially at night, is nothing but an open invitation to criminals to commit acts of crime and violence.
And with the police seem reluctant to take a decisive stance on crime, one can only contemplate the hole we are digging ourselves into as a nation.
The government must understand that everything that becomes a “norm” in society is immediately turned into an opportunity by criminals. Criminals are now aware that load-shedding occurs every night and there is nothing to stop them from targeting certain areas during Eskom’s scheduled blackouts.
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What is even more frightening is that most of these night load-shedding schedules last longer than those taking place during the day.
South Africa has enough crime as it is, and with communities further burdened with watching their backs at night, I fear we’re losing the ability to govern.
Sylvia Nomsa Malinga
Ramokonopi East
KATLEHONG
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