R200 electricity surcharge to remain in effect says Mayor. 

Guy's let's protest against ANC& EFF how voted this bill in Gauteng 😔😔😔😔😔

What about those who are not paying electricity did the city bother to investigate and get them accountable

Keep voting ANC. You are just punishing yourself

Very true, this extra R200 is going to hurt the poorest the most. Taxing the poor!

Our country has religiously taxed the poor. Increasing VAT from 14% to 15%, increasing the tax rates of individuals vs decreasing corporate tax from 28% to 27%. One thing that has become clear during the elections is that our politicians campaign off of the backs of the poor but when it matters most, it's the interest of the markets and those who control/influence the markets that are protected. We literally exist for the advancement of the rich. That's all we seem to be.

They don't understand that those who are on Prepiad are mostly pensioners who couldn't afford Postpaid.

There's no more money to steal they need to line their pokets

Don’t forget that CoJ receives the highest budget in SA more than Cape Town. What is CoJ doing with all that money!?

Government must deduct this from increase in number of deputies.

I discovered you a week before elections, I believe you were closely approaching 5k subscribers at that time. Just more than a month later you are at 20k subscribers ❤❤❤. My brother YOU deserve this growth, you serve us quality content. Thank you👌.

You deserve what you tolerate,

I’ve never commented before but I appreciate your work. I want to know though, you’ve made a point to say that privatization is not the way (ie Thames Water), but electricity is going up exponentially too! What is the solution then? Keep up the good work!

They voted ANC. No sympathy from me.

It should have been " in the interest of fairness " and not in the interest of equality .

The DA doesn't agree with BEE but they have to do it in cape town aswell. DA openly said the ANC and EFF supports this but not us. haven't heard the ANC or EFF coming out to deny this. Always funny when i hear people who says they fight for the poor like the EFF, supporting things like this that means more funds for them at what ever cost to that same poor. Thats why i dont believe what politicians say anymore i look at their actions. Please if anyone can show where the DA supported this except for having to implement it please share it. I will give them the hardest time for lying

@Mighti Jamie, big ups for the Lord's work and keeping us informed. You're making a world of difference. I fully agree with your sentiments and correct me if I am wrong but doesn't some of these post paid consumers get electricity at a cheaper rate than what the City of Joburg and other municipalities are marking up to the consumers? I mean industries and other manufacturers not necessarily residents. It's an unfair undertaking by the City and the politicians are disconnected from us on the ground.

Hahahaha.... like R200 is going to correct injustice and inequalities of the past.... So much for my R370 SASSA grant.... 😊😊😊😊

Asinamali what equality are they talking about 😢

What about the fact pre-paid means that you are owed electricity. You pay for what you will use as opposed to paying for what you have used… Everything else is aside from the fact that those that pay for power they haven’t used are being exploited!

Unacceptable

Viva anc viva. The people have voted.

Johannesburg is lucky. The availability fee for prepaid customers in East London has increased from zero to R460 and for credit customers it has increased from R70 to R740. How ridiculous is that !

Joburg residents must learn from Kenya

One needs to point out that the cost per KWH for post paid is cheaper than prepaid ,therefore the infrastructure cost for prepaid is already in the price

postpone it again!

The majority of those struggling people are the ones that don't care at all and would vote for the ANC at all cost. So this is the cost let them pay

We'll be here for all of it bro. More content!💯🖤

This reasoning of jhb does not make sense. The taxpayer already paid for the infrastructure when it was created/built.. The executives only want bigger salaries.

Why the resident of Johannesburg should pay the service provider's network paid by us. This is all nonsense. I bought R1000 and received 310kw...this is not fair. It's unfortunate that, we complain on social media. Kenyan did it well, even though people lost their lives. 😢😢

Their argument is so weird, maintanance charges are always included in the price, if you order from checkers you pay for delivery to your house but you don't pay for delivery of the product to the checkers, that's up to the product makers to do within the costs of their products. if they do need to increase costs they should be an increase to cost per kW not separately, then they use some of that money to cover maintenance, like every other commercial entity, if non pre-paid people are paying this surcharge it should be removed from them too.

Guys vote ANC then get surprised when these things happen😂😂

They voted for this, that's ANC for you

Many people do not use that electricity for cooking or anything important. They use ot only for lights at night. So, in these rural areas people still suffer as if there is no elecyricity.

We did warn people, as the folks get off the grid onto solar the poor are going to pay the price. This is the fault of the people who ran Eskom into the ground.

Prepaid customers pay for services upfront...they should be rewarded, with discounts, instead of being punished....

Hi Jamie What I want to say " Y " should senior South African Citizens above sixty five years should pay this two hundred rands . Do you know how this people's live . Jamie they live from hand to mouth when they get their pensions . Can our President minsters live on soup n bread or rich people in South Africa. Jamie if you saw this kind of things happening you will cry and sometimes you won't eat food. All those people thinking for themselves their is a saying " Every dogs will have it's days " I must live to see it . People below fifty years should pay that two hundred rand not the senior people. Government should set aside free subsidiaries for seniors citizens with application and numbers given to them. Senior citizen should b present when buying electricity and water. Thank you 💕💕💕 South Africa God bless you all

What will happen to the community of Soweto cz are not on prepaid n they dont buy electricity? Imagine yooo we won't afford this, its tumuch ai.

This is similar to tolls that were imposed to jhb motorists. Very similar

We have this in cape town. R240 excl

This mayor is not romantic at all. We are still on the new government honeymoon, and already we have to pay. 😂

If you want lower electricity prices, either the government monopolises it (i.e. no competition) and they do it properly (i.e. without corruption and mismanagement as was the case 15+ years ago), or I.P.P.'s are allowed to compete (i.e. no monopolies) which would bring prices down to market prices. Which position are you arguing for? It seems you are advocating for the third option where the rich subsidise corrupt, badly run, and therefore overpriced electricity? Am I missing something here?

The increase in electricity is perfect, maybe and just maybe, South Africans will finally wake up and take charge of their country. The People shall Govern😂

Thank you, I see the bubbles are not bubbling on the background . I can now consentrate 😁

This millionairendoes not know what he is talking about. His fortune fell into his lap!! He cannot even make a full sentence, never mind sense..

These capitalists do give an F

Lusufi must come explain to us, and stop daydreaming about Limpopo fast Train and drones.

SALUTE to your intro comment.. 0:00 - 0:13. I feel you

Does this surcharge also apply to the millions of illegals in squatter camps who are stealing the electricity?........ No of course not silly!........ Its just you legal citizens who must pay!!!!!!

Another reason to tamper with my meter.

ANC and EFF decisions, don't blame the mayor..

Why should we pay for infrastructure now. We don't have that extra R200, Eskom should not make profit it is a public company. If not they must not privatise it. The is going to course the same kios happening in Khehya.

It's saddening to note that our politicians across political lines don't understand mathematics or they are colluding with the monopolies. How can they allow such massive increase in electricity units just to accommodate IPP generated energy. The repercussions for this massive increase will be dire on the inflation. I am disappointed with the EFF and MKP because this should be their first task in destroying this useless GNU.

When will you publicly blame the responsible political parties, I mean your darlings who fight for the poor?

Pre-paid is already over R4 per unit.

This just seems like a scheme to recoup the Metro's shortfall from those that do not pay for thier electricity. The prepaid electricity rate is generally higher that the credit rate. The Mayor's explanation sounds dodgy and needs fact checking with the regulator or electricity experts. The unit rate for credit meters is lower vs prepaid. If you factor in the amp charge, the prepaid and credit meter rates are comparable to a point if you normalise the amp charge to a rate per kWh e.g. if your bill was R 1000 (including amp charge) and you consumed 500kWh then you would have effectively paid R2 per kWh on credit which is cheaper than the R2.40 per kWh for prepaid users. So the model effectively punishes the credit user if they save electricity but it works out cheaper the more they consume (to a point) so in this instance I cant see how prepaid customers are being subsided unless they are refering to those that have bridged their meters. I think our politicians and their technocrats are trying to sell us nonsense in this case. Where's OUTA?

Problem yaka ke huri our house does buy electric ska airtime ,our lights turn off when it reaches 0.00 okay fair but all the neighbours living around are bridging getting electric mahala so rona we are fools im a young adult and feel like leaving this country because all the youth is doing is alcohol no can arrange a protest why..that was not taught ko L.O

How much is a KWh for prepaid and how much is it for postpaid. Why not make all people prepaid? Postpaid, there are people who come to our backyards to read the meters, they have to be paid. Prepaid there is nobody who come to the yard

We voters of Anc in Soweto we connect illegally, and Anc doesn't bother us.

Our government is very selfish this R200 is going to be hard to the poor the people who are working getting high salaries are getting free water and free electricity

Sad

Its the other one 5:05

Of course it will be dismissed Phanyaza should be held liable and accountable

Yet another reason politicians should get smaller salaries. They implement these things cause it doesnt effect them. Its not only the poor. What about the middle class? Starting with a salary of R7000, already struggling and putting aside R500 for electricity. Thats a almost 50% increase. In your previous video you asked if ministers and mp's should clean their own mansions and pool's if they lose this benefits? They can clearly pay for it themselves with salaries over R200k and R100k. They got accommodation and transport for free already. These two items are the biggest expenses on a normal south africans income. So they need to pay for far more then just own cleaning services and pool teams. They need to understand what they are asking from us.

Looks like your chemical experiment behind you has stabilised 😄

The truth of the matter is that politicians (like this Mayor) understands that all they need to do is make tax payers fund their corruption & irresponsible decisions in governance. Maybe tax payers aren’t angry enough

S.m.a.r.t. meters

Another etol

Lol 😂😂😂

Seems like you're inciting violence here? Careful. The easy solution is to make everything prepaid. User pays regardless of your economic circumstances. The rich use more power, so they will automatically pay the lions share. To use a progressive tax system, which is arguably not fair either, to justify a progressive power charge is not a good example. Having a low, flat rate, income tax system with minimum threshold and doubling VAT on luxury ( non-basic) items could benefit the poor.