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.

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