City of Johannesburg | The costs are insurmountable for residents of the city: Julia Fish 

Civil society organisation, Jo'burg Community Action Network has called a proposed surcharge to prepaid electricity customers by the City of Johannesburg irresponsible. This comes as a petition has been circulating on social media, calling on the city to scrap the R200 monthly electricity surcharge- with petitioners saying that NERSA is failing in its energy regulation task in allowing this. Residents say that they were not consulted over the charge, and lamented the strain this will add to the already cash-strapped customers who've also seen increases in electricity, water and sewer tariffs come into effect from the first of this month.
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