How prices changed in South Africa over the last decade

[Jamie McKane]

How prices changed in South Africa over the last decade

2010 was a special year for South Africa. We became the first African nation to host the Soccer World Cup and the country received its first affordable uncapped ADSL products.

At a time when ADSL data still cost R29 per GB, MWEB stunned the market in March 2010 when it launched its affordable uncapped accounts.

 

[Apogee]

We can thank Rudi Jansen (from MWEB) and Afrihost's Gian Visser for the sudden steep decline in fixed broadband prices.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

We can thank Rudi Jansen (from MWEB) and Afrihost's Gian Visser for the sudden steep decline in fixed broadband prices.

Let's not forget about that NPO ISP, and a few other things.

 

[YoungSandwich]

R18,50 to R38,50. Hartseer...

 

[Bluran]

If only the Internet could provide me with cheaper electricity and big macs too

 

[Greglsh]

I would love to know who is paying R1.11 for electricity. Ours is R2 per Kw.

 

[obsidian86]

Did we forgot to mention the 68% inflation since 2010


R529 in 2010 is R890 in 2020 money


R7.96 is R13.39


R18.50 is R31.13



R10 000 in 2010 is R16800 in 2020



I'm not saying it's good that things have increased but it's really not as dramatic click bait you spew

 

[Neo_X]

Did we forgot to mention the 68% inflation since 2010


R529 in 2010 is R890 in 2020 money


R7.96 is R13.39


R18.50 is R31.13



R10 000 in 2010 is R16800 in 2020



I'm not saying it's good that things have increased but it's really not as dramatic click bait you spew

and a R20,000 salary in 2010 is not a R40,000 salary in 2020.

 

[Toxxyc]

I would love to know who is paying R1.11 for electricity. Ours is R2 per Kw.

Lucky. I pay R2,29.

 

[Toxxyc]

Article is a bit misleading though. I'd love to see where you can buy 1GB of mobile data for R5, buying only 1GB at a time. I still have to pay around R150 per GB for that. And no, I can't buy an 80GB package because I use around 1.5GB per month on my phone only, so it's pretty expensive still.

Anyway, that table provides a good indication of our inflation though. Definitely not at that 3.5% of whatever they want to make it at.

 

[TelkomUseless]

gotta feed that Corruption Pit called Eskom.

Went from cheap , competitive (international) to... non cheap, non competitive...

 

[tardomatic]

Where do you guys get electricity for R1.11 per kWh? Asking for a friend who pays on average ~R2.10 per kWh

 

[Martin 007]

I would love to know who is paying R1.11 for electricity. Ours is R2 per Kw.

Same here R2.70

 

[Thor]

I would love to know who is paying R1.11 for electricity. Ours is R2 per Kw.

This

 

[Thor]

Where do you guys get electricity for R1.11 per kWh? Asking for a friend who pays on average ~R2.10 per kWh

R2.43 in CPT, minimum

 

[John Tempus]

How prices changed in South Africa over the last decade

2010 was a special year for South Africa. We became the first African nation to host the Soccer World Cup and the country received its first affordable uncapped ADSL products.

At a time when ADSL data still cost R29 per GB, MWEB stunned the market in March 2010 when it launched its affordable uncapped accounts.

It would be awesome if you guys don't just report on the BS numbers Eskom state we pay per kWh. No one in SA pays R1.11 per kWh. At best if you remain within tier 1 you will pay around R1.75 per kWh and if you have a functioning home with multiple people in it using electricity you will most likely end up within tier 4 which would be around R2.80 per kWh.

Reporting on bs numbers just underplays the actual prices regular citizens pay for electricity and going by this reported R1.11 is easily 50% under-reported.

Electricity (kWh)

R0.42

R1.11

 

[Lupus]

It would be awesome if you guys don't just report on the BS numbers Eskom state we pay per kWh. No one in SA pays R1.11 per kWh. At best if you remain within tier 1 you will pay around R1.75 per kWh and if you have a functioning home with multiple people in it using electricity you will most likely end up within tier 4 which would be around R2.80 per kWh.

Reporting on bs numbers just underplays the actual prices regular citizens pay for electricity and going by this reported R1.11 is easily 50% under-reported.

Electricity (kWh)

R0.42

R1.11

That's what muncipalities pay.

 

[John Tempus]

That's what muncipalities pay.

Who cares what Municipalities pay. If that was the bottom line then the price should reflect R0 because Municipalities do not carry stock and they are not carrying risk associated with the price per kWh.

The report is stating it as if citizens pay these rates or are you suggesting the McD price increase is also associated to Municipalities, of course not.

These articles come out to suggest these are the increased rates the ordinary citizen pay on various products in SA.

Intermingling different items to suggest one pricing is for Municipalities and other pricing relates to citizens is just even more useless if that is the case with the article.

 

[Lupus]

Who cares what Municipalities pay. If that was the bottom line then the price should reflect R0 because Municipalities do not carry stock and they are not carrying risk associated with the price per kWh.

The report is stating it as if citizens pay these rates or are you suggesting the McD price increase is also associated to Municipalities, of course not.

These articles come out to suggest these are the increased rates the ordinary citizen pay on various products in SA.

Intermingling different items to suggest one pricing is for Municipalities and other pricing relates to citizens is just even more useless if that is the case with the article.

Oh I know, but this is the journalism we can expect from MyBB lately.

 

[fragtion]

Oh I know, but this is the journalism we can expect from MyBB lately.

Still better than News24 though =)