Tshwane Mayor Stevens Mokgalapa announces tariff hikes
The City of Tshwane residents would have to dig deeper into their pockets to service their utility bills in the wake of tariff increases announced by Mayor Stevens Mokgalapa on Wednesday.
During his delivery of the 2019/2020 budget speech at Tshwane House, Mokgalapa said tariff hikes for utilities would be increased effective from July.
Water tariffs would be increased by 8% while the bulk purchases tariff would go up by 10% from Rand Water.
Mokgalapa indicated that electricity prices would be hiked up by 12% while 8% tariff increase would be applied to sanitation.
He said the City’s intention was to ensure tariffs were affordable to the customers, however “some of the increases such as Eskom and Rand Water are not within the City’s control”.
“The National Energy Regulator of South Africa published the Municipal Tariff Guideline Increase of 13,07%. The City has therefore accordingly budgeted for a revenue increase of 12% and these figures are likely to be factored in when we do the midterm review,”he said.
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