Jackie Phamotse Bemoans Soaring Electricity Costs In SA
- Jackie Phamotse has voiced frustration over the cost of electricity, saying many Gauteng residents are struggling to keep up with rising bills
- Mzansi joined the conversation, with social media users calling for action as households battle expensive electricity and water bills
- From off-grid living to protests, South Africans shared different ideas as the heated debate over electricity costs continued online
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Jackie Phamotse has added her voice to the growing conversation about the cost of electricity in South Africa, admitting that many people, particularly in Gauteng, are struggling to cope.
The author took to X to question why citizens have remained relatively quiet about the mounting costs, saying change is urgently needed. Her post quickly opened the floodgates, with Mzansi users sharing their own frustrations and ideas about what could be done.
Jackie calls for change
Jackie did not mince her words when she addressed the electricity crisis. In her X post, she wrote:
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“We are not vocal enough about the cost of Electricity, especially in Gauteng! We are not coping! We need change!”
Her post, prompted plenty of reactions from South Africans who appeared to share her frustration.
@angiyikuswela commented:
“This is true. Now the question is do we continue posting or do something about it.”
Mzansi weighs in
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The conversation quickly gathered steam, with users suggesting different ways South Africans could respond to the rising costs.
@MphoLeshaban... said:
“The cost of electricity is the only thing I’m willing to march for.”
@MeihnBella7213@ suggested going off-grid, writing:
“If you can afford to go off-grid, that's the only solution. Eskom needs to be rendered irrelevant coz they won't surrender their cashcow.”
@smakhubo added:
“We need to stop being keyboard warriors and be ballot paper warriors. How do they expect a family that lives off gogo or Mkhulu grant to afford R2000 electricity?”
Meanwhile, @MatlhakuPhasha lamented:
“Yoohhh Jackie....and water bills sesi. Eintlik everything. Enough is Enough”
Electricity bills hit hard
Other users shared their personal frustrations about the cost of keeping the lights on.
@KagishoShuping said:
“It is inhumane, some people have resorted to historic cooking on the ground with wood”
@lekoloanemana... commented:
“They ridiculed the 2021 March shutdown by the EFF now we are here”
@khomotso_Epical said:
“I’m currently paying R 5,75 per unit .... Haaayi this is not fair”
@mntwanomhle... also shared their frustration:
“Even in Cape Town this is not good at all you buy with R600 and get few units and that's waste of money @Eskom_SA must do better this is costing us more money... we have so many things to work for we can't be working for electricity”
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The discussion shows just how strongly electricity costs are hitting South Africans, with Jackie’s simple call for change opening a much bigger conversation about affordability, accountability and how households can cope with increasingly expensive essentials.
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The novel forms part of her popular BARE series and examines the networks of power operating in South Africa.
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