The area owes Eskom almost R5-billion in unpaid bills, a debt Lesufi wants written off.eNCA reporter, Heidi Giokos was there and filed this report in the video above.
It should happen to everyone o dulang mo South Africa he.
Madness
Same should go for the REST of all townships
Voting strategy taken at NASRECthese guys are masters at these games.
Amandla Premier 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽
That means he promotes illegal connecting of electricity?
What about the other townships..if you give one you must give all
No
All 9 Provinces must campaign then🤔, there's nothing special about Soweto..
Lesufi keep promising we still charged for e tolls now is electricity
This is nonsense.
why Soweto only when the whole of SA has the same problem. Is it only PPUL from SOWETO?
They must pay like all of us
It's in the ANCs best interest to keep their voters happy. Without a doubt, even if the debt isn't written off, the ANC will continue feeding Soweto this lie until 2024. Like they did with the rest of us and the land last elections 😑😑😑
You are going to see the shit fly when this is happening. MARK MY WORDS.
If this happens the ANC will have a tax revolt the likes they have never seen. Incompetence is inbred in this Mafia organisation.
People still don’t understand the concept of writing off! It simply means moving the debt around so that all South Africans will pay Soweto’s electricity bill because either provincial or national government will take on the debt. I don’t wanna pay anybody’s bills. No way!
What is so special about Soweto?
ANC vote buying being paid for by those that pay their electricity account , seems ANC like to reward those that break laws
You, just before the elections so that they can vote for the ANC yet again and we have to foot the bill.
🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
How about they show that they pay for 1 year in full before 1 year of arrears is written off
Have you ever noticed. The ANC almost never make a decision. When they appear to make one eventually it's invariably at the point where there are no choices left. Example etolls. This is another example imho.
This is grammatically appalling! Kids learn this in grade 4.
If that should happen then the whole countries debt should be written off. What is so special about Soweto?
Just another election campaign stunt
It's high time that all tg municipalities must stop buying electricity for resale Eskom .Why can't we buy igesi direct Eskom all the municipalities are only escalating prices as they are only the middlemans what on earth are they a middleman it's contributing to high price
Why SOWETO, if its possible then the rest of the country should also be given that opportunity. We cannot have a situation where other communities are treated well than the rest. This will set a bad precedent n likely to backfire
That’s temp relief, once Eskom is privatized, it’s back to square 1 at a much faster pace this time.
I wonder how much does my land lord owe… we been cooking with zero on the box for 8 years now
if i lived in soweto i wouldnt pay my services. every elections your accounts get written off. wonder if some have paid for services in the last 10 years.
Mr Populist himself
First he wants to reimburse those who paid E-Tolls and now he wants to write-off billions in debt. Wonder if he understands the impact of the things he proposes. Ayyy no words for this guy 😑
It's a lot of money they owe. It should be paid .
NO!!'!!!
A problem of lesufi want to lead everything, he is populist of note.
Please, the whole Gauteng
Cheap politics from the ANC trying to buy votes.
This is indirect vote-buying! But where will the money come from?
We have debt collectors in d country consult with dm; d will give u advise of how 2 arrange payments coz others have been paying.
Stuff you Lesufi!!! Another bloody racist call from one the ANC members. Write that off, right off all outstanding balances!!!!!!
It’s either Lusufi is corrupt or stupid. Our tax system can’t afford to subsidise electricity to communities Residents of Soweto need leadership not free electricity ?
So why not all townships? All suburbs? Are you saying they are more important than the rest of South Africa. News flash- every South African is struggling to survive.
Why only Soweto, will you win the province ka vote ya Soweto alone?
If that happens then other townships must also be considered. Y soweto?
Why doesn't he pay out of his own pocket. He won't even feel it.
While the rest of us are paying to go off grid some are getting it for free? Eskom will collapse soon ... the poor won't get any electricity
Not when we r suffocating from high tarrif increases
We all need a write off.
I hope this campaign will include all the other townships in Southah
Oksalayo i wont vote for Anc
This is bullshit
Eskom needs the money.
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why this country is totally fcked. The working minority must pay for the useless majority.
That's what happens when you elect a fool to be premier
Early Electioneering, this Criminal Organization never ceases to Amaze!! MYANC
Elections coming up… Win the hearts and minds Just don’t forget the t-shirts
Lesufi 🖕
Whether that debt is paid off or not, Soweto will not pay in the future. City Power will never cut off the supply to Soweto. Neither will Eskom.
Whether that debt is paid off or not, Soweto will not pay in the future. City Power will never cut off the supply to Soweto. Neither will Eskom.
An election coming up? How unusual for the ANC to offer bribes for votes.
Always good at spending other people's money.
Really by increasing electricity prices to good serving rate payers . Humba
Black privilege is a proof that it is real
This is so fucked up? So the rest of South Africa must pay for electricity whilst Soweto uses it for free? He is trying to buy votes by making populist decisions, they don't even want prepaid meters because they'll have to pay first before using power.
I hope that money will come from his own pockets 😊
Uyanya lo baba...nathi we will want to be written off ...
Who has debt in Soweto? People who had debts existed there long ago. Some might have died, sold their houses or relocated... Stop with that fairytale stigmatizing every Sowetan as if they are owing Eskom. Soweto has had new buyers for some time and they pay for their services...
Populist politicians going to cause chaos! Happy if you pay it out of your own pocket! 🤡
Someone’s desperate for votes 🤔
What a special kind of a clown 🤡
It's OK to right we also have been robbed by eskom long ago through thier estimation billing, they our government must implement flat rates once
Must be nice living in Soweto. While the rest of South Africa struggles with the cost of electricity
how far is the corruption case of R431million for sanitizing closed schools.
That shud come from his salary
Lusufi offered to pay the outstanding bill from the money he stole from the government!
Lesufi will you write off debt if white people started doing this in suburbs,,.maybe they should start doing this, you racist. you looking for votes which you will never get. in 2024 your party is dead.
A very dangerous precedent and bad politicking.
Did'nt he promise to cancel the E-tolls as well? And then he took it back?🤔
Yes, please write off my mortgage as well while you’re making all inclusive gestures
O batla go re tlwaela lesufi, what is so important about soweto people
Father Christmas campaigning on tax payers expense .
It's okay Mr. Lesufi.......you can use your stolen covid money when you were messing up Education and the toilet money, the pittoilets are still there ..........and you can pay their electricity with those money.
Lesufi gone crazy, which planet is Soweto and rewarding defiance is typical of ANC incompetence to attract votes. We have all paid our bills and writing off trillions of debt to reset and not pay again is an example of poor governance n lack of leadership
This guy is mad when ever he opens his mouth he cough nonsense
It is a country where everyone is supposed to have equa rights l....then the rest of the country must get the equal rights .... But that of course will cripple Eskom completely. Bit brain dead me thinks,,?
It’s called a campaign plan, not related to a real plan at all.
If you go into Soweto, you will not see any kid walking with their butts out, or with dirty torn tshirts. Kids wear Jordans, adidas, Guess & Levis head to toe, but the parents cant pay for electricity. Yall are taking us for a joke, if they get a write off so must everyone else
Creating civil war
Mr Lesufi wants to remain Premier after 2024 - Soweto is his constituency - it's as simple as that - self-serving proposal
Lesufi is a joke nd a fool!!!😠......why only Soweto,what about the rest of us(South Africans)?......send the millions of foreigner s home who don't pay for electricity, then there will be enough for us South Africans!!!!😠😠😠😠😠
This is very divisive. What about other Townships
Ja, né? While the folks of Soweto are living it up, partying and day-drinking premium liquor, other South African will have to subsidise their lifestyle. I guess you need struggle credentials to get services for mahala. Yet people wonder why De Ruyter could not fix ESKOM.
The reality is that Soweto is not the only spot that has enjoyd years of 'free' electricity. The ANC has not minded this culture of non-payment amongst its supporters. Yet these free-loaders and those with illegal connections complain the loudest about loadshedding.
This guy! Lesufi is a joke. He can pay for it with all the school sanitizing money if he wants to. They forget quickly that they are paid by the public to look after the public and not just soweto where all the votes come from. Sies man
Each Municipality must start generating it's own power or switch off the erea or areas that are owing . Separate malls ,factories to the others so that ppl can work if they are paying for electricity
nice more betaal ek ook niks kom proebeer dit af sit kak sal jy kak by my hek
Free water and electricity 4 all ,the promised of 1994 and now Eskom had no money coz ppl don't pay. Why can't those who pay just bridge ? . Coz others dont pay
What a Mess of a Premier. This guy was good as MEC But bad a Premier
😡😡😡 the whole country better up in arms if this is ever done Lesufi
Aibo then we must all stop paying for electricity…🚮 uyadlala lowo
Robbing Peter to bribe Paul.
This shows that he is more interested in holding political office than doing the right thing. The people of this country worship corruption.
Can i move to soweto
No make them pay the same as the rest of us have yo pay or be cut-off
He might as well write off everyone's debt off if thats the case. What makes Soweto special Lesufi?
What?
Imagine what he would have done if it was mainly Afrikaans people staying in Soweto?
He writes it off, we are all connecting illegally. A ka re tlwaela!
What's special about soweto? What about the rest of the country
and so it begins, anything for votes I guess
He's mad
And the rest of the country?😑
Even Konka? Not everyone in Soweto is poor. Soon there's no money for grants and pensioners
He writes off Soweto’s debt I bridge electricity same time.
They are so desperate that they don't know what they are doing, how the hell is that going to encourages people from other places to pay their bills? This one is just going around making promises we know implementing dololo, how far is he with spaza? Lesufi
Lesufi is populist of note. The people of Soweto must wake up and not be fooled by these ANC thugs for votes.
Can the people who praised Lesufi ‘a ascension to premiership please gather here
No wonder Eskom is in the state it is in.
This is 1 of the reasons S.A. is f..k up, free housing, free water and lights, free education, everything is f..kin free. Some of us is paying for all this free things, I ask myself for how long can we sustain the masses? We have politicians not leaders.
Black Privilege ?
Other areas also affected like Soweto, others more than Soweto. Why is Panyaza discriminating like Apartheid government or is Soweto a little Orania in Gauteng
He has started early to campaign for ANC presidency and eventually the president of the country. He realised that being in the spotlight helps one to gain the support from the people,especially 'Our People '
Because of the ANC 2024 national election campaign - that's the reason why they write that debt off Becareful they are shelving that debt until after the election to bring that in your faces.
Talk about buying votes for 2024 This is pathetic
Why? Why must they not pay? The rest of us pay through our asses for vile service, and you let the this continue? 😒
Vote buying campaign.
Is Lesufi paying it out of his own pocket I hope? The bulk of the people in RSA haven’t got jobs. The pensioners have to live on a measly R2000 pm. Electricity we haven’t got we gotta pay for! How long b4 Soweto is in the same position again? You gonna pay again then!
Lesufism at play
What is Soweto's total debt over the years to ESKOM? Something like 71 Billion? There so many ways of buying votes while screwing the rest of SA.
Why ? Can i get a refund seeing that i paid monthly ….
Elections are almost here.
Electioneering. Nothing else.
This will be the umpteenth time that the SATaxpayer has to pay for Soweto's ANCVotes! This is the ONLY reason that ALL SAfns have to pay for their OWN electricity, AS WELL as Soweto's bills, and at the same time burnish the political credentials of the highly ambitious Lesufi
Absolutely No!
While we all have to work for our bills. What’s so special about Soweto? Encouraging people to be lazy and entitled!!!
Can the hole country get the same ?or should we just stop paying everything surly whats good for the goose right ? This is exciting if we stop paying there will be far less bmw and mercs in the government 😉
A very good move we will regretting soon. Tariffs going up and someone is going the opposite. Nice!!!!
Electioneering again!!!
Electioneering nothing much South Africans wake up !!
Lesufi campaigns for Soweto vote in 2024 and Ramaphosa wants to suspend tariff increase for natonal vote in 2024. Once again, it's all about the ANC.
Politicking from the master prevaricators.
How do you write off any debt when nobody's paying for anything? Darkies and handouts are the main cause of the problem.
R350 grant, don’t pay for your electricity or steal or cable theft 30% pass rate for a matriculation no water load shedding living in shacks pit toilets crime potholes, sounds like GautengANC voters keep them in power I don’t blame the ANC I blame people who keep them in power
Time to switch off the power to these ANC palooka politicians' houses and make them pay back everything they've stolen.
Political stunts 😃
This is just buying votes for 2024.
They need those 🗳
Lesufi playing the popularity game again. That's all he's good for.
Rather teach people to pay for what they use. It's very dangerous should people not learn from this.
It's obvious that lesufi's priority are building his own power base, by writing of electricity debt the fool burdened the taxpayers with his non payment for services policy.
Again
Anc need votes!!!! Can only get them through bribery.
Cut them off... They have to start behaving as adults... Pay for it like the rest of us do.... Except for those that think illegal connections are acceptable. SA is teaching the next generation that it is acceptable to be thieves and do criminal actions because.. My dad did it
This one dont understand what he is supposed to do in his newly undeserved position. He thinks that he participating in a popularity contest- ALL HIS STUNTS INVOLVE WASTING OF TAX PAYERS MONEY.
Lesufi plays dangerous populist games. Write that debt off and you have a precedent that will haunt this government forever.
After writing off the debt then what happens Lesufi ?
So every 2 yrs Soweto debt must b written off?
I have a hope that he indeed will bring the change to the people. He doesn't do cheap talks he acts I have faith in him all the best to him and his team
Foolish. Eskom is in a lot of debt and needs to keep buying diesel because they can’t maintain coal power stations. They increase the price of electricity for us, that they struggle to supply, yet Soweto should get a free ride. They should be getting the most load shedding.
Ahhh we need to pay that criminals „ can have a new start“
Lesufi campaign to help ANC in 2024
What a privilege it must be to live in Soweto. 🤡 The rest of the country will be here paying increased electricity tariffs happily ever after, throughout the permanent load shedding schedule 🥰
VoetsekANC
Lesufi What about the rest of us?
Election tactics of a dying party.
And the rest of us ? We must just carry on squaring off our debts and still pay for water and lights whilst everything else is free for them? Nice life problems yeah !!