Zim doesn't pay, so it wouldn't bother them, but I'm sure that the other neighbours have extremely good contracted rates for bulk buyers and are not effected by this increase, or at least not by the same margin.
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marine1
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Rubbish, cheap for who? For you with your millions maybe. What about the poor?
Rubbish, cheap for who? For you with your millions maybe. What about the poor?
Compared to the rest of the world, SA electricity is cheap!!!
Well maybe not anymore.
R13...
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the poor didn't worry,Rubbish, cheap for who? For you with your millions maybe. What about the poor?
The poor will never pay for electricity no matter how many times the price goes up.
The paying people will keep funding the poor, the poor are getting more and more. Prices will continue to rise to fund the poor, more people will become part of the poor. Prices rise some more and the cycle continues....
The paying people will keep funding the poor, the poor are getting more and more. Prices will continue to rise to fund the poor, more people will become part of the poor. Prices rise some more and the cycle continues....
I disagree, the cycle will only continue for a limited time until each one of you unlucky bastards is poor and then what???? No one can pay, everyone expects for free, but don't worry the government will find a way to make you poorer...
Rubbish, cheap for who? For you with your millions maybe. What about the poor?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_tariff
We had some of the cheapest electricity in the world. (slightly outdated but the comparison remains valid)
Kosmik
Honorary Master
We also used to have the means to generate cheap electricity and still turn a profit which is why we exported. Sorry, this is a goverment f*@(#@, plain and simple.
Had being the operative word, it was only a matter of time. S.A. also used to have a pretty good justice system, a pretty decent medical system and an above par education system (yes it excluded a vast majority of people, but I can't help thinking that if a longer period of transition had been put in place a lot of things would be a lot better) and now? S.A not wanting to be left out of the African way of life is quickly descending down to it's level (if it hasn't already been reached).
The common decent, tax paying, law abiding S.A. citizen is being taken for a ride, a long one and at the end of the ride you will all be holding a tub of lubricant waiting for them to take your last shred of dignity.
The reason we pay more than the Eskom tariff to municipalities is because there is a huge, expensive electricity distribution network in your city/town that must be paid for and maintained, upgraded, extended etc.
Mybroadband has this mentality i can't stand and it is "If the cost of something is X, then it magically appears at my front door and I don't want to be charged more than X".
Mybroadband has this mentality i can't stand and it is "If the cost of something is X, then it magically appears at my front door and I don't want to be charged more than X".
But compare our standards to those 'expensive' countries - and their spending power.
rebel998
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I agree, it's like those poor sods they are going to cross amputate for theft. Might as well have killed them.
Who fights for the consumer at these decision making bodies?
Just heard.
The reason the increase came is because the cost of generating the electricity has increase dramatically. Oh and the price we are currently paying is 4 times less than what it costs to generate the electricity so with in the next few years the cost of electricity will go up by a factor 4.
The reason eskom could always carry these costs was because the industries subsidized us.
The reason the increase came is because the cost of generating the electricity has increase dramatically. Oh and the price we are currently paying is 4 times less than what it costs to generate the electricity so with in the next few years the cost of electricity will go up by a factor 4.
The reason eskom could always carry these costs was because the industries subsidized us.
Kloofvreter
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So when they build all these new power stations, will they drop the price again?
In our economic world things only go up.
Anyone know how the increase affects prepaid? I know I'm going to be in this place till November, so worked out I need R3,500 electricity - and thats what I bought today - price was 54.01c /unit.
6231.90 units
Srv. Charge was R117.50
6231.90 units
Srv. Charge was R117.50
Londo
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I don't know.
But I am on prepaid and bought big before the price went from 0.49 to 0.54/unit a year ago. I just bought more now @ 0.54. I now have enough units for 2 years. Better than money in the bank. Maybe I will buy some more....
Anyone on prepaid buying over the 'net, like I do on EasyPay, should buy ASAP! Tomorrow night the site will prob crash. That's what happened a year ago.
BTW, looking at what I bought a year ago, I estimate I use about 600 units a month, which @0.54/unit = R325 a month. You appear to be using 2x the amount I use.
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I know - something wrong with this house - started a thread about it when me moved here, fortunately I'm moving again soon 
Bought R1000 on 2009/05/13 - it was up today. Hope I worked out how much we need till we move, else I have to back pay the service charges
Bought R1000 on 2009/05/13 - it was up today. Hope I worked out how much we need till we move, else I have to back pay the service charges