Load-shedding is undermining business, shop owners around Soshanguve Block H complained this week.
Salon owner in Soshanguve Block H, Arthur Mabela, said: “I do not have a generator and this has resulted in the loss of customers. I have no choice but to tell my customers to leave and they leave with their money. Now I do not have money to buy food or pay rent.”
He said the government should provide small businesses with generators to help them during these tough times.
Koketso Kgubudi, a store manager at Maluleke Spar in Soshanguve Block H, said that the store had a generator but still experienced problems.
“The generator only supplies power to the tills, lights and cameras, not the refrigerators.”
Kgubudi said perishable products were at risk during load-shedding.
“Equipment such as refrigerators could be damaged because the power comes back in a powerful manner. The fridge compressors could be damaged and the till system sometimes shuts down even when it is not supposed to,” Kgubudi said.
Residents can obtain updated load-shedding schedules on the City of Tshwane’s website.
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