Fed up after going two weeks without electricity, Corrie Paisley recently staged a one-woman protest at Dundee’s Eskom depot in Forrestdale, KZN.

Dundee Courier reports Paisley parked her vehicle at the entrance to the depot, preventing employees from driving in.

Eskom vehicles were seen parked outside on Watt Road.

“We have had no power for two weeks on our farm, Irondale, in the Malonjeni area. I called Eskom numerous times only to be told that our area needs a new transformer.

“When I called again, we found our reference number had been deleted. So we had to start over again. [That] morning I was told that they do not have a new transformer for us, so we must just sit without power.”

Paisley said this was ‘just not acceptable’ and decided to take the drastic step of blocking the entrance to Eskom.

“They threatened to remove me, but I stood my ground. I have a right to protest and be at the Eskom depot. They must just do the job they are paid to do.”

After some hours, Paisley was promised her issue ‘would be attended to’.

“Miraculously, they suddenly found a transformer and our power was back in the afternoon. The lengths we have to go to just to receive a service we pay for are crazy. But in South Africa, this is what we are faced with.”

Eskom’s head office was contacted for comment, but none was received by the time of publishing.

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