Johannesburg prepaid electricity users will be paying R200 more a month for surcharges, as well as a tariff increase of 12.7%. (Luvuyo Mehlwana/Daily Sun)
Johannesburg residents received a double whammy of charges on Monday as new electricity tariff increases kicked in and City Power’s R200 surcharge for prepaid electricity took effect.
Residents in middle- to high-income households will now be charged for using the prepaid box every month.
The R200 charge includes a R130 network capacity charge and a R70 service charge. With 15% VAT, it comes to R230.
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