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Their lives depend on electricity, therefore electricity is an essential service that the municipality must deliver,\u201d \u2013 Scheurkogel<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents of large sections of Odendaalsrus are desperate for an intervention from the Matjhabeng Local Municipality to take officials to task for not regulating load shedding periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday morning (01\/08) marked seven consecutive days residents experienced disruptions in their electricity supply at night or after scheduled load shedding due to officials stating they do not respond to queries after 20:00, their phones being switched off, or no feedback given as to why there are disruptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents are accusing the municipality of gross human rights infringements, and damage to property resulting from the slackness of officials in performing their duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have suffered material losses because of this incompetence and slackness to do what they are paid to do,\u201d one resident who breeds exotic fish told <em>Vista<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Igor Scheurkogel, councillor for Odendaals\u00adrus, says this is totally unacceptable and not as per the council\u2019s directive about overtime, which is allowed for essential services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cResidents\u2019 human rights are already infringed upon with the ongoing water shedding, which is the direct result of poor management and no consequence management. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are people on oxygen therapy, old people, and families with babies. 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