Dear Eskom

Dear Eskom,

Please don't let your workers strike. Some of us have teenage children and we need the essential services.

You see, if there is no electricity, there is no TV. And there is no computer. And there are no MP3 players, because we cannot recharge the batteries. All that is left are the cell phones and Mxit. And we cannot recharge the cell phones. And that makes teenagers mad.

And at night they cannot storm outside to meet in the streets because there are no street lights and their outfits cannot be seen. Which reminds me, they cannot check their make-up, so they have to stay in. And, in any case, the backup batteries for the electronic gate will be flat, so they cannot get out anyway.

All that is left is for them is to sit in the dark and light matches. And then we have to buy new carpets. And to talk. Do you know what it is like talking to teenagers?

Please, Eskom, don't let your workers strike.

Yours sincerely,
"Power to Parents"