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Eskom offers free basic electricity to those South Africans in need. Here are the steps to claim yours every month.

The trust’s chairperson, Dawood Parag, who held a placard protest in Overport, said the government has actually fixed the consumption of electricity and water firmly in the sole discretion of the landlords and their agents

Many pensioners in various villages in the Thembisile Hani municipality in Mpumalanga voiced concerns over their alleged exclusion from the indigent Free Basic Electricity benefit offered by power utility Eskom.

Electricity provider, Eskom, is encouraging low-income households to apply for a monthly allocation of Free Basic Electricity.

Account name: SAFCEI Account Number: 076659410 Important lessons remain from landmark South African nuclear court case four years on MEDIA RELEASE On Monday 26 April, it will be four years since the Western Cape High Court found the government’s R1-trillion nuclear deal and associated energy procurement processes to be “illegal and unconstitutional”. South Africa was spared from a corrupt deal under the Zuma government that would have bankrupted the country. This day also marks 35-years s...

According to the latest official numbers from Eskom, there are 900,000 South Africans registered to receive free basic electricity from the power utility.

In a judgment delivered on Monday, the North Gauteng High Court’s Justice Joseph Raulinga ruled that R10 billion was to be added to Eskom’s allowable revenue in the same financial year. Raulinga also ordered an 5.44c/kWh increase, which will see Eskom customers pay 134.30c/kWh as the standard tariff. Eskom welcomed ruling on Tuesday evening, saying the judgment would help the power utility recover efficiently incurred costs for the production of electricity. “The [ruling] also contributes...