City of Cape Town faces court action over tariff hikes

Electricity tariff hike kicks in“The city is transferring 10 percent of the electricity revenue to the rates account and then after they have given 10 percent away, they come back to the public and say they’ve got too little money, they need another levy to cover their costs.

The question from the consumer’s side is clearly how can you give 10 percent away and then come back to the public and ask for it again, “ said the organisation's Sandra Dickson.“We are the first to recognise I think the plight of our consumers and the impact of these price shocks ... the Eskom increases of the past decade have resulted in the burden on the economy and the pockets of our consumers,” said Kadri Nassiep, Executive Director of Energy and Climate Change at the City of Cape Town.

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