Soweto residents owe Eskom R3.6bn in unpaid power bills they don’t ever intend to pay, compared to R2.6bn owed by the rest of the country. Andrew and Rori speak to the big names of Soweto; Chief Whip of the ANC in Gauteng Brian Hlongwa, leader of the opposition party DA Mmusi Maimane, Secretary of Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee Bobo Makhoba and the current Mayor of City of Johannesburg Parks Tau about whether Soweto is the spoilt brat of townships and whether they’re at liberty to be striking against Eskom.
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