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KwaZulu-Natal residents who are unemployed, financially struggling and hungry have lambasted Eskom’s proposed 36.1% tariff hike. (Dean Hutton/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
ELECTRICITY PRICE INCREASE

KwaZulu-Natal residents are poor, hungry — and tired of Eskom’s hefty tariff hikes

The power utility is guilty of trying to ‘milk a cow that no longer has the ability to produce’, a ratepayer told regulator Nersa at its public hearings in Durban on Friday

  • Lyse Comins
5 min read
Cosatu members march in Johannesburg. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
CITY OF CAPE TOWN

Cosatu to protest against Cape Town electricity hikes

The trade union federation is concerned that the city has implemented price increases higher than Nersa’s recommended 15.1% for municipalities

  • Lyse Comins
6 min read