Hundreds of Mayibuye residents have gathered at the township’s entrance on Theresa Street to begin their long-awaited protest today (August 25).

Local taxis are lined up to ferry the disgruntled residents to Sello Dada Morero’s office to submit a memorandum of demands.

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Led by the Mayibuye Youth Movement Activism, the protest stems from residents’ tenacity to get City Power to fix broken infrastructure and remove the R200 surcharge.

The movement’s Thapelo Nkoane said the community firmly believes that the electricity tariffs were unjust and violate their basic human rights to equitable and affordable electricity.

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“We therefore, submit the following items of demands: The municipality ought to implement an indigent policy for all households earning below a threshold income of R9 000, address the unjust issue of over-billing, and pursuant to over-billing, we express our demand that City Power invalidate the R200 surcharge, the back payment of R2 400; and fix meter discrepancies,” said Nkoane.

He said the city, through Morero, ought to compel City Power to fix and maintain the infrastructure, including streetlights, pillar boxes, and mini transformers, as well as electricity feeder cables.

City Power’s communications department has been contacted, and their response will be published as soon as it becomes available.

This is a developing story, and the Midrand Reporter journalist is in Mayibuye and will provide more updates.

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