M/Plain residents march to local municipal office, sharing frustration about high cost of living

A petition, drawn up by Change.org, with more than 30 000 signatures were handed over along with a memorandum to the City of Cape Town officials, on Saturday, as group Electricity Must Fall, marched to Lentegeur Administrative Office, in Mitchell’s Plain, in protest of poor service delivery, high electricity cost, the increase in fuel prices and what converner, Natasha Gertse, says the’’ dissatisfaction with unaffordable bills.’’

PHOTO: Change.org

Other groups, such as Stop City of Cape Town, and Good Angels Reaching Out organisation also joined the march.

PHOTO: Change.org

Gertse says she is elated that an official from the municipality accepted the memorandum, despite earlier reports that no one will be there to receive the document.

‘’Ashley Potts and Danny Christians [Subcouncil 17 councillors] accepted the memorandum. It was a huge success, however the only disappointment was that we were not a lot of people, but I would like to appeal to the community to take these opportunities and speak up and raise their voices and speak about their personal issues, as this affects us all,’’ said Natasha Gertse, founder of Electricity Must Fall.

 

PHOTO - Change.org: Convener, Natasha Gertse

Done By: Mitchum George