Some consumers, already reeling from the high electricity prices, may have to pay almost triple this year’s increase when new tariffs take effect in the next financial year.
JOHANNESBURG - Households, businesses and lobby groups are again anxious about looming electricity price hikes, as Eskom is rumoured to want another double-digit increase.
General manager at the National Association of Social Housing Organisations , Karabelo Pooe, said that he was worried about the impact on social housing tenants and developers. Pooe said that social housing tenants were currently not cushioned from the high cost of municipal services, including the exorbitant price of electricity in any way.
However, because they rent their homes through an"institutional landlord", they are not able to apply for indigent benefits.
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