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FEE SHOCK: Ratepayers and businesses are reeling from the first month of new electricity bills. Picture: SUPPLIED
BCM

Businesses and residents drowning in increases

While residents consider legal action against the electricity increases, businesses are feeling the pinch, with their charges shooting up from R2,500 to approximately R46,000. From August 1, the electricity basic charges have increased to…

  • Tammy Fray
TARIFFS

Challenge to BCM to justify its exorbitant water penalities

LETTER TO THE EDITOR The citizens of Buffalo City are fed up with the inconsistency in the application of water tariffs and the lack of regular water meter readings. Much has been vented in the media – some of it adding to the confusion.…

  • GO Reporter
ELECTRICITY

Price hikes spell double trouble for SA

In what is sure to be a devastating double- whammy for many, the cost of electricity and fuel were hiked up dramatically within days of each one another. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) recently approved Eskom’s…

  • Matthew Field