Cape Town mayor calls for rejection of Eskom’s 44% tariff hike

Cape Town mayor calls for rejection of Eskom’s 44% tariff hike

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says Eskom’s 44% tariff hike application to the National Energy Regulator (Nersa) is based on dubious financial data, and seeks to punish South Africans for Eskom’s inefficiencies, while tripling the State-owned company’s intended profit from electricity generation assets. Public hearings The City called on Nersa to reject Eskom’s application in … Read more

You may be due an electricity refund in South Africa

You may be due an electricity refund in South Africa

Civil rights organisation AfriForum has vowed to take NERSA to task to ensure an electricity refund in South Africa is paid back to all residents. Back in April 2024, Eskom announced a 12.8% tariff increase across the board as part of a Multi-Year Price Determination (MYPD) deal. This was enacted on a municipal level on … Read more

City Power to implement Nersa-approved tariff hike from Monday

City Power to implement Nersa-approved tariff hike from Monday

Johannesburg City Power has confirmed that the National Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has approved its 12.7% tariff hike. City Power will implement the tariff hike from Monday, 1 July. NERSA APPROVES CITY POWER TARIFF HIKE REQUEST On Friday, City Power said Nersa had approved the average increase of 12.7 % of the tariffs that … Read more

AfriForum wants to interdict pending municipal electricity hikes

AfriForum wants to interdict pending municipal electricity hikes

The civil rights organisation AfriForum has brought an urgent application at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria against the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) to prevent it from considering municipalities’ applications for electricity hikes. The tariff increases will implemented on 1 July this year. Municipalities across the country sought comment from residents when they … Read more

Can you believe it? 2024 ESKOM price hike coming soon

Can you believe it? 2024 ESKOM price hike coming soon

South Africans are up in arms over an upcoming 2024 Eskom price hike, after the country had to endure its worst-ever year of load-shedding. 2023 shall be known as the year South Africa was plunged into darkness, after suffering a record 332 days of load-shedding. TRENDING: When must old-age pensioners reapply for SASSA Grants in … Read more