r/southafrica • u/Few-Wolf • 2d ago

News NERSA, Eskom will increase electricity tariffs by 3% over the next two years

https://www.ewn.co.za/2025/08/30/nersa-eskom-will-increase-electricity-tariffs-by-3-over-the-next-two-years
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u/Few-Wolf 2d ago

can someone explain to me why its only 3% compared to previous larger % increases of over 10% ?

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u/belanaria Landed Gentry 1d ago

It’s an additional 3% over what was granted. Can’t remember the amounts

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u/Sparky_ZA 1d ago

Yep, it's additional.

From Moneyweb site

An additional 3.4 percentage points in 2026/27, which means electricity tariffs will increase by 8.76% instead of the 5.36% announced in January. An additional 2.63 percentage points in 2027/28, which means the tariffs will increase by 8.83% instead of the 6.19% announced in January.

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u/Few-Wolf 1d ago

thanks . such a badly worded news article ( i quoted ) . at least both are still under 10%

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u/Few-Wolf 1d ago

if you are correct the new article is extremely misleading

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u/Fragmister 2d ago

The 10% or whatever it was is what Eskom wanted.

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u/Few-Wolf 2d ago

its just so much lower than usual . 3% OVER 2 years .