New electricity prices in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, and Pretoria

[ejozi]

Try these okes

Right now we have to vote for the strongest opposition party. We must get rid of the ANC now. Once they are are gone we can start playing around with the very small parties.

 

[wingnut771]

Right now we have to vote for the strongest opposition party. We must get rid of the ANC now. Once they are are gone we can start playing around with the very small parties.

Yes, the strongest opposition other than the PA in Cape Town is the FF+, the citizens who pay for electricity are busy dealing with 40% line fee increases from the DA and you don't want to vote for PA as that is a vote for ANC.

No other city's citizens who pay for electricity in the country is dealing with the DA or 40% line fee increases.

 

[Flanders]

Us eskum direct customers have had our increase on April 1. And if it's anything to go by people are going to be PO'd. 8.76% increase was a lie.

 

[Lupus]

The article doesn't state whether those prices are excluding VAT or including VAT

Always excluding VAT

 

[wingnut771]

Always excluding VAT

Are you saying your R230 line fees are ex VAT?

 

[Lupus]

Are you saying your R230 line fees are ex VAT?

Yes, so is the tarrif

 

[wingnut771]

Yes, so is the tarrif

Are you a VAT vendor? Why you always telling us the line fees are R230?

 

[Lupus]

Are you a VAT vendor? Why you always telling us the line fees are R230?

I'm not telling you that ;-) they are. It's R250 with VAT which is what I've said

 

[wingnut771]

I'm not telling you that ;-) they are. It's R250 with VAT which is what I've said

But it’s illegal to advertise ex VAT prices to retail market. Im 99.999% sure you always said during your campfire stories that prepaid tax is R230 not R250.

 

[Lupus]

But it’s illegal to advertise ex VAT prices to retail market. Im 99.999% sure you always said during your campfire stories that prepaid tax is R230 not R250.

Take that up with the municis, they advertise those prices ex VAT all the time.

 

[wingnut771]

Take that up with the municis, they advertise those prices ex VAT all the time.

 

[GrootVoet]

I wonder what reference did they use for this article? Just looking at CoCT documentation the figures does not match

https://resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/Financial%20documents/Budget-2026-27_Ann04.pdf

 

[porchrat]

Right now we have to vote for the strongest opposition party. We must get rid of the ANC now. Once they are are gone we can start playing around with the very small parties.

Hell no. I vote for the party that best represents me.

Charge me for services based on the costs of providing that service, not the value of my home. I'm interested to see just how many votes the DA have lost with their latest stunts.

 

[netstrider]

Right now we have to vote for the strongest opposition party. We must get rid of the ANC now. Once they are are gone we can start playing around with the very small parties.

Thing is, the DA is not opposition, they are in government. Don't buy that age old lie of theirs.

 

[Lupus]

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Ah yeah my bad, it's R200 ex VAT as per their tariff

Same as the tariff prices. Which is how they advertise it.

 

[Intox]

COJ fixed charges are insane, R1,360 before I use any power is diabolical and its going up to R1,482.
Can't even convert to prepaid because they aren't taking any new applications.

This was supposed to be a temporary pause in applications... its been almost 9 months now and every time I ask they keep saying

City Power is not connecting Prepaid meters for now

Regards
Region A revenue

City of Joburg

📢 NOTICE City Power has temporarily suspended prepaid meter conversions from 27 August to 1 November 2025. This pause allows for a thorough review of the process to ensure accuracy, fairness, and...

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[wingnut771]

Ah yeah my bad, it's R200 ex VAT as per their tariff
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Same as the tariff prices. Which is how they advertise it.

So to settle the question once and for all, the article is incl VAT.

 

[wingnut771]

COJ fixed charges are insane, R1,360 before I use any power is diabolical and its going up to R1,482.
Can't even convert to prepaid because they aren't taking any new applications.

This was supposed to be a temporary pause in applications... its been almost 9 months now and every time I ask they keep saying

City of Joburg

📢 NOTICE City Power has temporarily suspended prepaid meter conversions from 27 August to 1 November 2025. This pause allows for a thorough review of the process to ensure accuracy, fairness, and...

www.facebook.com

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Thread 'coj off-grid process'

Dec 17, 2025

Hi All.

I am currently busy with the process for going off-grid. My supplier is Citipower and I am Postpaid.

Reason for going through? The high fixed charges. 1.4k a month. It’s way to high to stay connected otherwise if I was paying current prepaid tariffs I would keep the connection.

First visit was about a month ago. Was told by the person assisting that it’s not something they do and it’s a Citipower issue. Citipower mirrored the same from COJ and said it was a COJ problem.

It obviously was going to turn into a bank and forth. So I asked the Citipower gent to write me a note...

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• Forum: Eskom and Electricity: Load Shedding

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[wingnut771]

Hell no. I vote for the party that best represents me.

Charge me for services based on the costs of providing that service, not the value of my home. I'm interested to see just how many votes the DA have lost with their latest stunts.

FF+. Even if they are Christians.

 

[porchrat]

FF+. Even if they are Christians.

They've got some good policies. Not sure about the Christianity though. I don't like religion in my government.