LOLO MAPHOPHE
THE community of the Thaba Chweu Local Municipality in Mpumalanga is up in arms over tariff increases on electricity service charges that were introduced in the middle of COVID-19 pandemic. In response, residents formed the Graskop Community Committee and signed a petition urging the TCLM to scrap the electricity tariff increases with immediate effect.
The charges were introduced in July to reduce an existing R750 million Eskom bill which is now being passed on to resident to settle.
Allegedly, Eskom is threatening to switch off the lights should the municipality fail to pay up.
The petition has three main demands which residents want TLCM Executive Mayor Fridah Nkadimeng to address.
These include the suspension of electricity service charges of R185 for businesses and homes, the reduction in rates and taxes which were imposed during the hard lockdown period and the direct supply of electricity from Eskom.
The municipality spokesperson
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