The problem of illegal electricity connections ("Eskom feels the heat in Soweto, July 4) causes a shortage of resources, and finances will never come right if communities don't feel the pinch for condoning fellow residents' wrongdoing.
It is unacceptable that, by and large, the population takes a bystander attitude, finding it amusing that electricity is "stolen".
As a tour guide, I witness this attitude on every visit to Soweto.
It does not seem to occur to people that electricity theft is a crime, and that somebody has to pay for it.
The culprits are not paying so it is obvious the rest of us have to carry the burden heaped on Eskom, and this is confirmed by constant increases in the price of electricity.
Let people suffer the consequences of their attitudes and acceptance of crime so they can learn and change their attitudes.
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