Sowetans should pay flat rate of R150/month for electricity

[Mila]

Just cut them off and get the army or police to patrol areas where illegal reconnections happen.
I think most electricity is lost through illegal connections which results in municipalities not paying eskom.

 

[Hamster]

I want to pay a flat rate of R10,000 income tax to foster a culture of tax compliance.

 

[SmartKit]

Yes, Im all for this. Also, when the cap is reached, they can take money and buy another 100kwh cap and so the cycle continues

Which is... Prepaid!

 

[ToxicBunny]

Love the logic...

R150 per month is SOME income, which is better than none...

No Mpho, R150 is not some income when its costing Eskom more than that for the electricity the residents are using. The way you foster a culture of payment is cut the fsckers off until they pay.

 

[Mila]

Water and electricity isn’t a human right the access to it is a human right.
You are not allowed to restrict humans from gaining access.

The lefties should applaud this no electricity thing.
Didn’t they all applaud greta for saying we stole her future because climate change? So see South africa and Eskom is joining the effort. Switch them off. No more coal pollution...


( sarcasm)

 

[pinball wizard]

Water and electricity isn’t a human right the access to it is a human right.
You are not allowed to restrict humans from gaining access.

The lefties should applaud this no electricity thing.
Didn’t they all applaud greta for saying we stole her future because climate change? So see South africa and Eskom is joining the effort. Switch them off. No more coal pollution...


( sarcasm)

We should send that Greta dimwit to Soweto to live for a month or so and see what else can get stolen.

 

[yebocan]

Water and electricity isn’t a human right the access to it is a human right.
You are not allowed to restrict humans from gaining access.

The lefties should applaud this no electricity thing.
Didn’t they all applaud greta for saying we stole her future because climate change? So see South africa and Eskom is joining the effort. Switch them off. No more coal pollution...


( sarcasm)

Greta Approves

 

[kolaval]

And why would anyone in Sebokeng, Tsakane, Diepsloot, Alexandra, Thembisa, ad nauseam, pay a cent more once this takes effect?

 

[kolaval]

Greta Approves

She's dressed like an old oom

 

[HBee]

The sowetans who do pay must be ecstatic with the proposed price reduction.

 

[ForceFate]

She's dressed like an old oom

You'll probably agree that's a bit low...

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

Pay or have none, no special Soweto rate …… idiots for even entertaining this

 

[RaptorSA]

Honderd en vyftig jou p0es man.

 

[Polly101]

also me

would leave me up to R2k extra a month for other stuff

 

[Nanfeishen]

To change behaviour , is a structured endeavour ... non paying of public services did not just happen over night... just like undoing is not a flip of switch event. R150 is a change in the right direction...does not mean it stops there, it is just the start.

Yep , start small and slowly build up.

Considering there are about 450 000 households in Soweto that the Gauteng MEC of finance and e-government Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko wants to roll out broadband and fibre to, which indicates electrical supply to those households, that equates to 67.5 million Rand per month at R150 per household if the culture of non-payment can be turned around.
That excludes those just hooked up willy nilly.

That is far better than the present situation.

Gauteng promises free Internet to township households

Through a partnership with Vumatel, the Department of e-Government is looking to connect citizens in identified townships.

www.itweb.co.za

 

[MachoPants]

There is already a payment culture, phones, fancy sneakers, hair dos, braids, nails, dresses, lobola. stuff like electric, water must be free. All other western things get laid for

 

[D.B.Cooper]

And why would anyone in Sebokeng, Tsakane, Diepsloot, Alexandra, Thembisa, ad nauseam, pay a cent more once this takes effect?

They won't, that's the joke. This would be the end of Eskom. Nobody would be willing to pay full price for 'leccy anymore. Except for us dumbass taxpayers.

 

[daveza]

Sure, why tf not.

While you're at it, how about R50 for a full tank of petrol, R10.50 for unlimited internet access and then just pay 10% of the contents of your trolley at Shoprite.

All to foster a culture of payment of course.

 

[WaxLyrical]

Can a culture of payment erase a culture of mahala.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Yep , start small and slowly build up.

Considering there are about 450 000 households in Soweto that the Gauteng MEC of finance and e-government Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko wants to roll out broadband and fibre to, which indicates electrical supply to those households, that equates to 67.5 million Rand per month at R150 per household if the culture of non-payment can be turned around.
That excludes those just hooked up willy nilly.

That is far better than the present situation.

Gauteng promises free Internet to township households

Through a partnership with Vumatel, the Department of e-Government is looking to connect citizens in identified townships.

www.itweb.co.za

Assuming each one of those houses is using 200kwh of electricity a month, at the base Eskom price of around R1.50 per kwh, that would put Eskom further in the shyte by at least R67.5m per month just in Soweto alone. Its not better than the present situation, it is a continuation of the present situation. The only solution is to cut off non-paying customers. Finish and Klaar.