Eskom comes under fire at Nersa public hearings
Western Cape communities slam the proposed 40% electricity increase.
Western Cape communities slam the proposed 40% electricity increase.
Eskom has promised to install electricity but is scant on details.
Nersa-approved electricity charges are taking food and clothing out of household budgets.
The Komati power station is meant to make a complete switch-off by the end of September this year but workers say that they have not been consulted and are not sure what is going to happen to them.
The 9,6 percent tariff for those who get electricity from Eskom and the 8,6 percent for those who get it from the City of Cape Town will come into effect as from 1 April.
SAFTU believes that the budget speech that will be delivered on Wednesday will not be different to the ones before it.