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“Local authority tariffs charges from 01 July 2024 to 30 June 2025, a percentage increase of 12.72%. Eskom direct customers from 01 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 all tariff charges except the affordability subsidy charge, a percentage increase of 12.74%."Affordability subsidy charge a percentage increase of 25.24%. The average increase applied to the key industrial and urban tariffs will be 13.29% due to the increase in the affordability subsidy charge.
Eskom is evaluating a tariff restructuring proposal for the 2025/26 period, although no structural changes are planned for the 2024/25 tariffs.around Mzansi are fed up with the high cost of living. Many are demanding answers about the reasons for the price hike."The electricity increase is for the 7 or 8 present wage increase for all Eskom workers. Every year, when Eskom increases their electricity, their workers get huge salary increases.