#DirtyDozen – Residents and businesses in the Golden Triangle are furious about illegal ELM power cuts due to alleged non-payment, while twelve councillors from the Emfuleni Local Municipality (ELM), who received the well-deserved nickname of “Dirty Dozen,” have not been cut off, notwithstanding the fact that they together owe R355,010 in outstanding electricity payments. Ordinary residents and businesses on the other hand were summarily cut off without knowledge or warning.
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Emfuleni Users’ Electricity Disconnected Without Notice While 12 Councillors Who Owe R355,010 Are Not Disconnected!
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Cash strapped Eskom wants another R27bn from consumers – Could this be the reason why SA is experiencing #Rollingblackouts? To manipulate us into giving them what they want?
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In its latest application to the energy regulator, the power utility is claiming this as an underrecovery for 2018/19, meaning tariffs may rise by 16.6% next year Eskom, which last week again saw a collapse of its power network that led to nationwide load shedding, wants consumers to cough up a further R27 billion for..
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Eskom load shedding may have been applied over Nersa not approving electricity supplier’s tariff increase and is now used as leverage to manipulate the initial decision
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TAU SA finds it extremely suspicious that Eskom suddenly imposes loadshedding just days after the electricity supplier filed a lawsuit against Nersa, the regulator, because the entity was not satisfied with the tariff increases approved. “It almost seems as if there is a subtle blackmail here, as it has often happened in the past if..
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Medupi and Kusile power stations are still “off the grid” due to poor construction work, corruption and cost overruns
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More than 600 senior officials from Eskom and some executives were informed of the entity’s “turnaround” plan. According to documentation, Eskom is sitting without cash and has almost completely collapsed on several occasions. R130bn has been loaned to the power provider and the state is expected to help as government announces increased tariffs. Eskom unbundling..
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Eskom is going to destroy SA if it continues with unreasonably tariff increases, which is a 45% increase for consumers over the next three years just to maintain its pathetic management style
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If Eskom goes ahead with its unreasonable tariff increases as it plans, the South Africa’s economy will be destroyed. The struggling economy of South-Africa is already on shaky legs and can be forced into a deeper hole with unreasonable tariff increases from the national power utility entity Eskom. The gold industry will be destroyed if..
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Shocking news, Eskom’s big coal whopper and they would like to point the finger to you the consumer for using too much electricity
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There is no shortage of coal, as Eskom claims. Instead, the coal is piling up at the mines, uncollected by the utility, Anna Marth Ott, CEO of Middelburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said yesterday.
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More reason to bring out the candles – Eskom needs more money and was granted permission to increase electricity tariffs
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The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has approved electricity tariff increases as requested by the embattled utility supplier, Eskom. This is another blow for the majority of South Africans who are already struggling to make ends meet. The approval of this electricity tariff increase, which is aimed at rescuing Eskom from the doldrums..
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Eskom is planning to recover losses from corruption and loopholes by increasing your tariffs to recover over R66bn but still you will face loadshedding since there are no coal reserves
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Eskom is planning to recover losses from corruption and loopholes in the MYPD rules by increasing your tariffs to recover over R66bn before the end of 2018. Nersa invited the public to comment on Eskom’s request to increase tariffs to recover R66bn lost between 2014 and 2017 – the years included in the Public Protector’s..
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