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06/03/2008 - Ad Frequent Ask Question and Answer

 

05/03/2008 - Ad Frequent Questions

 

21/02/2008 - Change Membership fees

 

18/02/2008 - Change Membership fees to cater for persons with small claims.

 

07/02/2008 - New main page.  New Powergroup page.

 

30/01/2008 - Constitution uploaded.  Members Fees page uploaded.  Powergroup main page uploaded.

 

29/01/2008 - Advertisement page uploaded.

 

29/01/2008 -  Powergroup Management Committee selected and appointed.  The Powergroup will publish information in Beeld dated 30 January 2008.  Management Committee in the process of finalizing the constitution, membership application, Membership fees, debit order instructions, etc.  Information can be obtained by sending a blank email to powergroup@reoproks.co.za.  This service will be available from Wednesday 30 January 2008. Further publication will take place in Rapport of Sunday 03 February 2008.

 

Experts who wish to assist the members of Powergroup can contact the appointed lawyers of Powergroup at riaan@reoproks.co.za of fax to  086 529 5258.  Attorneys who wish to join their clients as members can request information from riaan@reoproks.co.za for special arrangements.

 

Once membership reach a level of 1000 member the management committee will start to appoint the necessary staff to administer the day to day administration of Powergroup.  In the meantime all enquiries can be directed to the appointed lawyers at oosthuysen@reoproks.co.za or telephonic enquiries at 012 347 3762, 082 855 8328, 087 750 4945, 016 423 6930, 082 464 5679, 087 750 4956, 087 754 3729,

087 750 4960,  Fax: 086 529 5258.  Enquiries can also be directed to powergroup@reoproks.co.za.

 

We have instructed the services of an IT Company who registered the domain www.powergroup.org.za.  The website at this domain will be up and running within a few days.  Kindly watch this space for release information in this regard.

 

All membership fees can be paid into the trust account of the appointed attorneys with the following details.  Kindly use you ID number as your reference number.

 

Oosthuysen Attorneys Trust Account:      ABSA Trust Account  406 087 6029, ABSA Menlyn, Pretoria.  Kindly fax deposit slip to Fax Number 086 529 5259 with you ID number as Reference or email to powergroup@reoproks.co.za.

Vraag:

 

Ek werk vir myself as ‘n kontrakteur in die rekenaar bedryf en omdat ek teen minste 50% van my werk van die huis doen, het die afgelope kragonderbrekings my sleg geraak en aangesien ek in ‘n kompleks bly, kan ek geen voorsiening maak met ‘n kragopwekker nie, met die gevolg van ‘n verlies van teen minste R750 per uur en dit my verdienste direk affekteer met teen minste 30 ure wat verlore is die afgelope paar maande.

 

Antwoord:

 

Dit lyk of jou direkte verlies tans R22 500.00 beloop.  As ons aanvaar dat jou omset onder R1Miljoen is, is jou aansluitingsfooi vir Powergroup R 750.00 + R1125.00 = R 1 875.00.  Hier is die fase 1 fooi wat gebruik gaan word om die meriete in die hof te bring. Sodra ons suksesvol is met die meriete is ‘n verder fooi van R1 687.50 betaalbaar. Hierdie fooi is om die skade van jou eis te bewys.  Dit is die enigste fooie wat betaalbaar gaan wees vir die hele aksie en sal Powergroup die nodige deskundiges aanstel om die skadebedrag te bewys. Hoe meer mense aansluit en lede word hoe meer geld is beskikbaar om die aksie suksesvol teen Eskom te loods.  Sodra die aksie suksesvol afgehandel word sal alle surplus fondse pro rata aan lede terug betaal word.

Question:

 

So what exactly do you hope to achieve with this legal action? Who do you want to participate, and what would the basis of their participation be?  I would also like to know how much you estimate legal action will cost against them. If this is viable I most certainly would be interested in assisting in some way, I am tired of these lies.

 

Answer:

 

Firstly, it is time to bring Eskom Management and also Government to book for their poor performance. If one looks at the country as a whole, everything is falling to parts but nobody is doing something about it. It is time that the whole country acts and show Eskom and Government that we mean business and that we will act when people do not act according to their obligations

Secondly, millions of people did have damages due to load shedding and are entitled to claim the damages from Eskom or Government.

Thirdly, Eskom must get the message to build more power stations as soon as possible.

Anybody who sustained damages can participate. Anybody who believe in the cause can also participate by means of donations.

People who sustained damages can become members, supply powergroup with a computation of their damages where after powergroup will lodge an action to recover the damages from Eskom.

The action wil be done in 2 phases. Phase 1 will be to prove that Eskom was negligent. 'n Rough estimate of cost would be about R 500 000.00 for this phase. Phase 2 would be to prove the members damages. The cost will depend on the number of members and can be anything between R500 000.00 and R 2 000 000.00.

Membership are divided into 6 classes based on annual turnover and amount of claim. See Powergroup.org.za website for more info

A Individual - Private damages
B Company/Business any legal Entity nil to R 1,000,000
C Company/Business legal Entity R 1,000,001 to R 10,000,000
D Company/Business legal Entity R 10,000,001 to R 50,000,000
E Company/Business legal Entity R 50,000,001 to R 100,000,000
F Company/Business legal Entity R 100,000,001 +

Below is 'n Estimate of number of members. If powergroup get 250 Class A, 200 Class B, etc as set out hereunder the income of Powergroup will be R 2,710,000. This will be enough to finance the action against Eskom

A 250 R 62,500
B 200 R 250,000
C 100 R 610,000
D 50 R 1,150,000
E 10 R 400,000
F 5 R 237,500
Tot 615 R 2,710,000