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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Angry residents and members of civil society organisations on Thursday marched to Eskom’s head office, Megawatt Park, in Sunninghill to protest against load shedding and the 18% electricity tariff hike, which will take effect from April.<\/p>\n

News24 previously reported that the National Energy Regulator of SA awarded Eskom one of its largest hikes \u2013 18.65% – for the 2022\/2023 financial year.<\/p>\n

#NotInMyName and StandUp SA led the march.<\/p>\n

The secretary-general of NotInMyName, Themba Masango, told News24 they handed over a memorandum to Eskom.<\/p>\n

The leaders of the organisations say the protest is a “call to action”.<\/p>\n

The organisers believe that, given the state of the nation at the moment, the government of South Africa is not taking its citizens seriously.<\/p>\n

Masango said the protest was a continuation of the action which took place on 20 January 2023 in Pretoria.<\/p>\n

He said the main purpose of the protest was to “register the dissatisfaction that Eskom is giving the citizens”.<\/p>\n

“We can’t be charged for full electricity when we’re experiencing power cuts,” Masango said.<\/p>\n

The protest took place, despite the rain.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Johannesburg Metro Police Department, Xolani Fihla, said they had been expecting a maximum of 300 participants, but he estimated there were around 250 people.<\/p>\n

Masango said that, if Eskom did not heed their call to provide sustainable solutions and plans within the 30 days, there would be another protest.<\/p>\n

Eskom’s spokesperson, Sikonathi Mantshantsha, could not give comment because he wasn’t present at the protest, while the general manager, Andrew Etzinger, also did not comment.<\/p>\n

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