Although the situation is calm in Mayibuye, Public Order Policing from Springs and Ekurhuleni continue to monitor the situation in the township for any disruption.

Some community members, together with the Mayibuye Youth Activism Movement leadership, are en route to the mayor’s office, Sello Dada Morero, to deliver a memorandum of demands.

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Residents are unhappy with City Power’s R200 surcharge, broken infrastructure, and meter discrepancies, among others.

Schools have also been interrupted in the area by the earlier demonstrations.

Mayibuye resident and a pensioner, Malesela Piet Mokonyama, who supported the earlier protest, said his electricity bill has skyrocketed since City Power normalised his meter box on July 14.

He said from then to August 13, he has spent R2 130.

“I am a pensioner, and having to pay so much money for electricity is unfair. This amount equals what I get for my monthly pension grant, and it all goes to electricity. What am I going to eat and how am I expected to survive?” asked Mokonyama.

His highest amount for an electricity token, which the publication saw, was R400, which only gave him 55.50 units.

Another pensioner, Rose Manentsa, added that her July to August 13 electricity bill was R2 000.

“We honestly can’t afford this electricity. It’s just too much for us and makes a living extremely difficult than it already is,” said Manentsa.

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