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 […]
By Lee-Yandra Paulsen In response to the recent tariff hike implemented by the City of Cape Town, the lobby group Stop COCT has announced plans to hold a protest at the Cape Town Civic Centre on August 9 at 10h00. The city's tariff increase of 17.6% took effect on July 1, 2023, and has drawn significant public concern. Sandra Dixon, a representative of Stop COCT, expressed their dissatisfaction with the […]
By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert As consumers bear the brunt of high food prices, fuel increases, and the general cost of living, many are left fuming as the City of Cape Town increase the electricity tariff to 17.6% at the start of July, greater than the National Energy Regulator of South Africa's (Nersa) recommended 18.65%. Speaking to residents on the Cape Flats, many believe that the poorest of the poor were […]
By Lee-Yandra Paulsen In a recent development, the organization Stop COCT has joined the GOOD party by approaching the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) to contest the City of Cape Town's proposed electricity tariff increase. Stop COCT argued that the proposed increase exceeds the 15.1% limit approved by the regulatory authority. Sandra Dixon, Founder of Stop COCT, discussed the matter in an interview with VOC Breakfast on Thursday. […]
The City of Cape Town is set to meet at the end of October to discuss whether water tariffs in Cape Town should be lowered. This move comes as frustrated organizations and residents’ associations consider taking action against the City for their ‘delayed’ action. Following the substantial rains the Western Cape has received, the National Department of Water and Sanitation has lifted water restrictions in much of the province. The […]
Social activist groups Save Cape Town, Stop the City of Cape Town and Dear Cape Town, took to the streets of the CBD to protest their disdain with the city’s proposed water tariff increase. These organisations have asked the Public Protector to investigate the city council’s proposed 27% water price rise tariff increases that has outraged Capetonians. Adding to the critical water shortage in Cape Town, water and sanitation tariffs […]
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