25/02/2026
From 1 April, electricity goes up by about 8.8%.
Not because power suddenly costs more to make - but because NERSA messed up its calculations and the mistake is now being dumped on the public.
About R54 billion will be clawed back from consumers over time so Eskom can recover money it should never have lost in the first place.
Ratepayers are paying for a regulator’s error.
Again.
Budget speech is tomorrow.
History says this is when it gets worse.