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    Eskom loses Europe's biggest aluminium producer due to high tariffs

    Eskom loses Europe's biggest aluminium producer due to high tariffs South32 idled its Mozambican aluminium smelter, Europe’s biggest source of the metal, after talks failed to secure an affordable power supply deal beyond this month, tightening global supplies just as the Iran war prompted...
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    Eskom salaries should be reduced — Dawie Roodt

    Eskom salaries should be reduced — Dawie Roodt Efficient Group chief economist Dawie Roodt says Eskom workers should be getting salary reductions and not receive rewards for the power utility's recent improved performance. Eskom is currently locked in salary negotiations with unions...
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    The company paying 78% less for electricity than the average price in SA

    The company paying 78% less for electricity than the average price in SA Merafe Resources has notified shareholders that its Lion Smelter is at 50% operating capacity after the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) approved its electricity tariff of 87.74 cents per kWh. The...
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    Eskom granted another R54 billion in revenue after Nersa's final calculation revision

    Eskom granted another R54 billion in revenue after Nersa's final calculation revision The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) approved additional revenue of R54.734 billion for Eskom at a meeting on Saturday, 7 February 2026. The adjustment will result in much sharper increases...
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    Electricity price negotiation win for big power users in SA

    Electricity price negotiation win for big power users in SA South Africa eased antitrust rules to allow competitors in industries hit by high power costs to cooperate on negotiating cheaper power supply in a bid to prevent their total collapse, a move that potentially helps the country’s ailing...
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    Nersa must go — De Ruyter

    Nersa must go — De Ruyter Former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter believes that deregulation of the electricity industry — including abolishing the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) — could help fix high electricity prices. During a recent BizNews Investor Conference...
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    Mines and industrial customers criticise Eskom-Nersa settlement

    Mines and industrial customers criticise Eskom-Nersa settlement South Africa’s biggest energy users criticised a R54-billion settlement between the state power utility and regulator and called for a review of the process to determine electricity prices. The agreement reached between Eskom...
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    Municipalities slip in tariff increases

    Ekurhuleni Electricity Shocker: Complexes Hit with 20% Hike Ekurhuleni electricity tariffs jump an effective 20% for anyone living in a sectional title complex, which is way more than the NERSA regulated increase. How can this blatant disregard for the energy regulator be allowed? This video...
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    Eskom's 20-fold price hike in 31 years

    Eskom's 20-fold price hike in 31 years From next month, South Africa's electricity tariffs will have increased by nearly 2,000% since the country became a democracy. While the cost of certain goods and services would have increased gradually over time due to inflation, Eskom's hikes over this...
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    Eskom's confounding average electricity consumption

    Eskom's confounding average electricity consumption The actual average electricity consumed by South African households is far lower than Eskom's claimed figure of 30kWh per day, data from multiple reputable sources shows. This raises big questions over the power utility's assertion that its...
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    Eskom blames Nersa for higher tariff hike — but there is a problem

    Eskom blames Nersa for higher tariff hike — but there is a problem Eskom has blamed the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) for a large part of its requested electricity tariff hike for 2025. Nersa published Eskom's latest multi-year price determination (MYPD) application for the...
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    Nersa rushed through municipal tariff approvals — Rapport

    Nersa rushed through municipal tariff approvals The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has been accused of rushing through municipalities' electricity hike approvals without proper assessments of their validity. Sunday newspaper Rapport has obtained information showing that...
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    Afriforum takes Nersa to court to block municipal electricity hikes

    Afriforum takes Nersa to court to block municipal electricity hikes Afriforum has launched an urgent legal application that could stop municipalities from increasing electricity tariffs next month. The civil rights organisation has asked the Pretoria High Court to block the National Energy...
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    Nersa failure could be good news for electricity users — bad news for municipalities

    Nersa failure could be good news for electricity users — bad news for municipalities South African households and businesses buying power from municipalities might avoid their regular annual electricity tariff hike in the coming months. Sunday newspaper Rapport reports that the National Energy...
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    Eskom Direct 2024 price hikes analysed

    Eskom Direct 2024 price hikes analysed Eskom's latest tariff hikes will see many direct residential customers paying between R168 and R792 more per month on their electricity bills. The adjustments — which took effect on 1 April 2024 — will see all Eskom Direct tariffs increase by a minimum of...
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    Why battling Eskom's 19% price hike could be a bad idea

    Why battling Eskom's 19% price hike could be a bad idea The National Energy Regulator of South Africa's (Nersa) approved 18.65% electricity tariff hike for 2023 can only be altered through legal action, which could result in an even higher increase. The price increase is set to take effect on...
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    Ramaphosa asks Eskom to suspend big tariff hike

    Ramaphosa asks Eskom to suspend big tariff hike President Cyril Ramaphosa has appealed to the board of South Africa’s cash-strapped power utility to suspend its biggest electricity-price increase in more than a decade as the nation faces two more years of rolling blackouts. Eskom Holdings SOC...
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    DA takes Eskom to court over 19% tariff hike

    DA takes Eskom to court over 19% tariff hike South Africa’s main opposition party asked the High Court to stop the nation’s energy regulator from raising power prices by almost a fifth. The Democratic Alliance wants the court to interdict the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s...
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    Eskom "appreciates" Nersa's tough decision to grant 18.65% electricity price hike

    Eskom welcomes 18.65% electricity price hike Eskom has welcomed the National Energy Regulator of South Africa's (Nersa) approval of an 18.65% electricity tariff increase. The power utility had asked the regulator to approve a 32.02% price increase in its annual tariff application.
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    Nersa tries to delay the inevitable

    Eskom gets a kick in the teeth The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has decided it will only allow Eskom to recover billions of rand in outstanding 2019/2020 revenue from its 2024/2025 financial year. Eskom is owed R3.461 billion in revenue from that year that it is permitted...
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