South African consumers get a kick in the teeth

South African households are facing an onslaught of price increases from today, as several tariff and subscription fee changes announced weeks ago come into effect.The National Energy Regulator of South Africa granted Eskom an effective 13.29% increase for key industrial and urban tariffs.While Eskom Direct customers are paying more from today, municipal electricity tariffs will only increase on 1 July by 12.72%.across its postpaid product portfolio.

MyBroadband’s analysis showed that contract subscription prices on their own increased by an average of 8%. Vodacom blamed various challenges on higher operational costs for mobile operators — such as base station vandalism, battery theft, load-shedding, currency weakness, and high inflation.The Department of Mineral Resources and EnergyMercifully, diesel will remain relatively stable with the wholesale price change ranging from a 9 cents per litre decrease to a 3 cents per litre increase.Fibre-to-the-home prices will increase by an average of 10%, DSL prices by 15%, and business voice prices by 12.

To compensate for the large increases, MultiChoice said it would offer greater value on these packages.

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