Councils want surcharge on Eskom direct sales

[garyc]

Municipalities countrywide hope to get the green light from the courts to add a surcharge to electricity tariffs paid by clients who buy directly from Eskom.

There is no clarity on how much that would be, but if an application by the South African Local Government Association (Salga) on behalf of about 257 municipalities succeeds, it may result in sharp increases for people in townships and rural areas, including industry and farmers.

https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/industry/councils-want-surcharge-on-eskom-direct-sales/

 

[3WA]

Municipalities should pay a surcharge to Eskom for having to do the job the municipality is unable to do (collect and pass on payment from the customer).

 

[OCP]

I would like all tax payers to get a surcharge from every ANC salary increase and tender payment.

 

[Johnatan56]

Love the Eskom daily connection fee, that will get a surcharge, with VAT on top of that, so you can get charged 3 times while not getting anything during load shedding.

My argument is municipalities should have nothing to do with it, Eskom is being split into 3 entities, one of the entities directly deals with this, they should get all of them back from the municipalities. Worry there is more Mantashe blocking IPP when it looks like e.g. CoCT might end up getting IPP directly. But that's a double edged sword, so many municipalities that are incompetent.

 

[GhostSixFour]

I would like all tax payers to get a surcharge from every ANC salary increase and tender payment.

They are working on a basic income grant for you.

 

[OCP]

They are working on a basic income grant for you.

I would never qualify for that ;-)

 

[ToxicBunny]

Hold the fsck on... so SALGA wants people to pay municipalities a "surcharge" on something the municipality has sweet fek all to do with?

SALGA can go and stick its head even further up its rectal cavity.

 

[GhostSixFour]

I would never qualify for that ;-)

Not with that attitude...

 

[grok]

it may result in sharp increases for people in townships and rural areas, including industry and farmers.

Just commies killing industry & then confused why everyone isn't living happily ever after..

 

[ForceFate]

Don't they add mark up already?

 

[borro]

 

[ToxicBunny]

Don't they add mark up already?

No... This is salga trying to get permission to bill people for stuff they have fek all to do with. They don't manage the infrastructure or anything of the sort as far as I understand it. So effectively getting to charge people cos 'gives us money for nothing'

 

[rvZA]

Coming up soon.... everyone with generators and solar power also to pay a surcharge to Eskom and Municipalities. The piggies have no end....

 

[RonSwanson]

Give us money and jobs for no good business reason. We wanna wet our snouts.

Typical AA and BEE philosophy, proudly brought to you by the ANC.

 

[PaulMurkin]

Coming up soon.... everyone with generators and solar power also to pay a surcharge to Eskom and Municipalities. The piggies have no end....

Already happening in Cape Town mate. You know, the place run by the DA, that charges you more if your potable water pipe is a fraction bigger than 20mm

 

[Thugscub]

At least you have roads in Cape Town, so stop whining.