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Residents condemn high electricity tariffs in Swellendam

Disgruntled residents of Swellendam in the Western Cape have made a list of demands related to high electricity tariffs and concerns about the municipality's indigent grant. A memorandum of demands, including that the municipality undertake an urgent review of its indigent policy, has been handed to Swellendam mayor Francois du Rand. This follows violent protests in the town two weeks ago, when hundreds of residents took to the streets, vandalising […]

today2 September 2023

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City of Cape Town unites against the unaffordability of basic needs

By Dideka Njemla Several residents and organizations protested the City of Cape Town's electricity tariff increase that was implemented at the start of July. The peaceful protest that took place at the Cape Town Civic Centre on Saturday morning follows several complaints lodged by ordinary Capetonians about two basic needs, electricity, and water. Residents of the city came out in their masses to have their voices heard regarding the unaffordability […]

today26 August 2023

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Cape Town residents to protest over steep electricity tariffs

Cape Town residents are expected to take to the streets on Saturday to protest against the City of Cape Town's 17.6% electricity tariff increase, which came into effect on 1 July. Following the implementation of the electricity tariff hike, numerous complaints were lodged by residents. Lobby groups STOP COCT and Electricity Tariffs Must Fall, who are organising the protest, said in a statement that they had had no choice but […]

today26 August 2023

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