Msimanga spoke in Atteridgeville on Wednesday, where the party demonstrated against the utility’s request for another tariff hike.
JOHANNESBURG - Democratic Alliance chairperson in Gauteng, Solly Msimanga, said that Eskom's proposal for a 40% electricity tariff increase would push South Africans deeper into poverty.
DA supporters in Pretoria spent the day picketing in the streets of their respective communities, voicing their rejection of Eskom’s bid for a 40% tariff hike.
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