In a media briefing on Monday, Ramokgopa said he would not voice his opinion on the matter—at least not in public.
The surcharge has faced opposition from both residents and political parties, who have complained about the already high electricity prices.Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says that with the exponential rise in electricity prices in the country, an electricity pricing plan needs to be implemented.
The City of Joburg has started implementing a R200 electricity surcharge for prepaid customers to fund new infrastructure and maintain existing infrastructure.In its defence, Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda argued for fairness, as post-paid customers have already been paying the surcharge.“Any attempt to sabotage this critical intervention is an attempt to deliberately collapse the city’s infrastructure,” he said at the time.
“What the introduction of the surcharge now seeks to do is end the unfair subsidisation of prepaid customers by post-paid customers,” said Gwamanda.The surcharge has faced opposition from both residents and political parties, who have complained about the already high electricity prices.“We don’t want to engage in a public debate over whether the R200 surcharge is necessary; what we want to do is find a robust solution to this problem.
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