City of Tshwane mayor Cilliers Brink. Image: X/@CityTshwane.
The City of Tshwane has released its draft budget for the 2024/2025 financial year and here are the proposed tariff hikes.
City of Tshwane mayor Cilliers Brink. Image: X/@CityTshwane.
Residents under the City of Tshwane might have to dig deeper into their pockets based on the proposed tariff hikes for the 2024/25 financial year.
In its draft budget for the 2023/2024 financial year, the municipality proposed a whopping 18% tariff increase on electricity and a 9.2% increase on water.
Following a 12.8% Eskom electricity tariff increase earlier this April, Some metro municipalities are staring down above-inflation increases in municipal tariffs, proposed for implementation on 1 July 2024.
The City of Tshwane said the proposed 12% for electricity is inline with the guideline for the bulk purchase increase from Eskom. The hike was granted by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) in December 2023.
In the draft budget, the City of Tshwane has proposed the tariff hikes as follows:
The metro municipality said all indigenous households are granted 100 kWh free of charge. However, all properties with a value of R150 000 or less will automatically qualify for free basic services.
The neighbouring City of Johannesburg’s proposed tariff increases are as follows:
Regarding the proposed water increase, the City of Johannesburg said South Africa is considered a country where water scarcity is a real threat.
The metropolitan municipality said the approach to the structure of the proposed tariff is to emphasise the importance of water as a scarce resource and create a culture of controlled consumption.
Fortunately, the first six kl will be provided free for residential customers. However, on average, all the other residential postpaid and prepaid water bands will be increased by 7.7%.