‘[We] support the ANC president’s call for Eskom to halt the implementation of the 18.65% tariff increase in April’
Bheki Mtolo, KwaZulu-Natal provincial secretary, and Mafika Mndebele, KwaZulu-Natal provincial spokesperson. Picture: GALLO IMAGES/DARREN STEWART.
“[We] support the ANC president’s call for Eskom to halt the implementation of the 18.65% tariff increase in April, [failing which] we call upon ANC-led municipalities together with members of the society to take this matter to the courts,” Mtolo said. Salaries have not increased, and many people are unemployed and poverty stricken as a result of Covid-19 and the devastating 2022 floods.Some of the topics included long-lasting solutions to the challenges of load-shedding, the collapse of water infrastructure and high rate of unemployment.
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