Eskom's CEO has said that complaints about the high cost of electricity are at times justified given the large markups some municipalities add to the price of Eskom's bulk power supply.
De Ruyter said that Sol Plaatje municipality charges up to 121% more for power during winter than what it pays Eskom "One of the reasons that South Africans regard electricity prices as inflated, is that some municipalities add a very hefty markup to the tariffs that Eskom charges the municipality," he said.
The Sol Plaatjie Municipality, meanwhile, is allowed to charge a winter tariff of between R2.667 and R3.0203 per kilowatt-hour to commercial users. This isn't the first time the Eskom CEO has singled out the municipality for high markups.that Sol Plaatje was adding up to 84% to the price of bulk electricity it bought from Eskom.
Fin24 Take from five billion you stole from Eskom and pay those municipalities you blanty thief.
Fin24 The munics have to finance their incompetence. Electricity profits are easy income.
Fin24 Residents of Sol Plaatjie must remember this when they vote
Fin24 What can you do Mr Dr Ruyter? Let me be quite Frank and honest,we as the South African citizen are baring the brunt of this failing ANC and it's fat cat's
Fin24 By charging more good paying customers cover the non-payment by other customers. Pity collected amounts aren't actually paid over to Eskom in most cases.
Fin24 Polokwane municipality is there R600 giving 150 units
Fin24 Good
Fin24 Check out the full discussion between Eskom's de Ruyter and centre_risk's DavidAnsara, referred to in the article, here: [
Fin24 Tshwane is probably the worst of them all
Fin24 This is so tru, the municipalities force you to install their meters and won't allow you to get an Eskom meter, they know they looting from the public with these meters. You end up paying thousands after they install these meters compared to conventional electric.
ferialhaffajee Fin24 I agree sir The municipalities are making people poorer
Fin24 Would be interesting to see a comparison between municipalities. Expose them, then apply pressure.
Fin24 For some, it's 80% of their income
Fin24 Like Tshwane! 😒
Fin24 The problem is not the municipalities. Though yes I may have agree. Increased markups mean nothing when we don’t have enough power for the grid.
Fin24 In the mid 1990's there was an anc government drive to make the cost of electricity the same to the end consumer, and also at the lowest cost. So now the anc is going against its own practice!
Fin24 This failure is good at pinning the blame. He fails to keep lights on; he blames his predecessor, he fails to reduce generation costs; he blames municipalities; fails to reduce maintenance costs; blames ANC etc he never acknowledges accountability
Fin24 Like the thieves at BCMM ?
Fin24 , why don’t you investigate the municipalities that charge the most and then name & shame. Try interviewing the municipal managers who made this decision? Try being real journalists for a change?
Fin24 Everyone wants to make a quick buck Unfortunately it's consumers who fill the pinch
Fin24 Aansluiting van krag en water is al amper R2000 in 'n dorp in die Swartland
Fin24 Well, that’s rich 🤨
Fin24 Ons krag is net ao duur. Koopkrag vir R800 kry jy 269 eenhede. Dan kom jy nie eers uit vir die maand nie. Gas stoof, beurtkrag maar sodra ons beurtkrag het draai die munisipaliteit in ons dorp die wieletjie sodat as die krag aangaan ons met meer en meer krag gebruik.
Fin24 Especially Tshwane
Fin24 How can I change from the municipality to eskom?
Fin24 I thought i was imagining things- electricity is more expensive at Home in KZN, than where i stay in JHB 😂….
Fin24 Eskom_SA De Ruyter is 1st CEO I've heard take issue with Municipalities mark-ups on electricity. It has always bothered me that municipalities are allowed to profit from basic services. It should not be allowed... ConCourtSA OUTASA SALGA_Gov
Fin24 I'm not sure what municipality's are charging but a R100 ka Eskom gets you 49 units, I still think that's ridiculous
Fin24 They are reaping us off
Fin24 Just like KSD
Fin24 What about the companies that you buy on line, they charge 15 percent handling fee, so with this and VAT you loose 29/30 percent before you start, as suppliers they should have to ensure that the customer has uninterrupted power, this is just another way to drain the public
Fin24 Maluti a phofung is the one
Fin24 Daverton municipalities
Fin24 What is going on in our country?
Fin24 I can almost garrentee a huge increase on meter bypassing in the near future!!! All parties will suffer in the end.
Fin24 City Of Tshwane is killing us
Fin24 Wtf Electricity units sold at R1 per unit and every household pays without illegal connections how much Eskom can collect monthly. Raising the price of Electricity only encourages more illegal connections and Eskom still will be going down because the demand still high
Fin24 Shifting the blame
Fin24 Fusek
Fin24 True that, most of the municipalities are using electricity as their cash cow. Strange though, after milking the poor ratepayers they forget to pay Eskom all the time.
Fin24 CityTshwane
Fin24 Thats City of Joburg for you. R100 only gets you about 40 units if you're lucky
Fin24 He must just his job and stop blaming other people, if not municipality he will be blaming state capture or even PFMA, this is not helpful at all.
Fin24 Note, there is also a huge price difference per unit between Municipalities
Fin24 Tshwane e worse even, raising money to pay major millions I guess
Fin24 This guy must go
Fin24 If he gets his price in tact all the way to the end user its already better than the standard nothing.
Fin24 They need to replace the money being squandered and stolen.
Fin24 make it ilegal to profit one sent on top of Nersa recomendation to start with and fluch out the garbage from the system.
Fin24 First time in his career he said something interesting ,gun that bastard STLNBCH munisipality , because you pay far over R3 per kwhr , They like to steal with the 80 rand fee or so on top of things , many crackers takn the piss out of the already racketeered pricing system.
Fin24 But we don't have electricity which bulk is He referring to
Fin24 When you fail to do your job, all you do is criticize others... Just do your damn job. Keep the damn lights ON!!
Fin24 I bet the CityofJoburgZA is the worst culprit.
Fin24 All those protected by media are useless just like all SA news channels
Fin24 Some of us don't even buy directly from municipalities. There's still another player in the mix, like STSS
Fin24 I’ve been saying this for more than 15 years. The municipalities are killing us with their pricing not Eskom.
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