EDITORIAL: Eskom hike stokes fires of revolt

South Africa has had one tax revolt, as the government agreed to finally scrap the e-toll scheme late last year. Picture: SUPPLIED

If Eskom isn’t prevented by a multitude of court challenges, launched by the DA and others, it means we’ll be paying 777% more for our power than we did in 2007 — R1.73 per kilowatt-hour, against 19c then. Certainly, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration has skirted a tax revolt for some time now, as discontent has mounted over the years of ANC misrule. Today, there is a tangible reluctance to pay more to a government renowned for misspending its revenue on

Tax revolts have a long and impressive history, dating back to the Maccabee tax revolt in Judea from in 160BCE, stretching through the great Spanish revolt against Charles V in 1520 to the Californian revolt of 1978 by the United Organization of Taxpayers.

This forces the poor to make more illegal connections !!!!! Instead of an affordable rate for all south africans ANC once again exacerbates the marginalisation of the poor

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