Please explain yourself. (Open Letter to KDM)

Your apology, is creating a perception that is akin to a form of discrimination.

I have asked the community, and they just say, “because it's Salt Rock…”.

Since KwaDukuza is given a north and south load shedding schedule, the northern region has been discriminated against in the past. Now, Ward 22, and its surrounding areas are part of the southern region, to which this categorical apology was issued to.

Why the bias, KDM?

Confusingly the article states: “The power outages experienced…will be part of the municipality's dossier to

Eskom…to have substations temporarily exempt…until new substations are commissioned.”

Really! (Want the other cheek)? Asking for exemption for a specific area, which compels you to do so for every other disenfranchised area.

You cannot say, Eskom is responsible for switching off the specific areas, because according to the report, with your input; published on the Whatsapp group: “Group 2 Fair and Equitable Load Shedding” by the Chairperson of the Ilembe Civic Action Movement (ICAM), Walter Schotter says: “Eskom's response clearly states that KDM approached them to handle the load shedding, so this is not Eskom's issue. They merely require X amount of power to be removed from the grid by KDM.”

Please answer this hot potato question, officially.

Who/ What (from KDM) is responsible for physically switching off power to areas in KwaDukuza, North and South, when it is time to activate load shedding. Our citizens are being psychologically crushed by this heinous bias; for you knowingly allowing for areas and districts, to be exempt from load shedding, and this is consistent blatant discrimination.