From Wednesday, Petrol will be 45c per litre cheaper everywhere in South Africa. So if you’re not quite empty, then hold on until after Wednesday; and if you are, maybe don’t fill up all the way! http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Petrol-price-bonus-for-motorists-20141031 It works the same way for electricity too. If you’re on a domestic tariff, it may be MUCH… Read more »
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How far we’ve come – a history of electricity tariffs
Inspired by a forum post on mybroadband, I decided to dig into my history books and pull out what the old electricity tariffs were. It turns out that a house that was paying R500 per month in 2008, will be paying R2000 in 2018, but surprisingly it’s not always been price increases ever year.
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Shocking electricity prices – not surprising!
With all the talk this week of Eskom being effectively bailed out by the government, you might have missed one killer detail. It’s not just future taxes that we’ll have to pay to keep Eskom going, but also we’ll be hit in the pocket in our electricity bills. Maybe as much as R12,000 extra on… Read more »
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More Load Shedding?
Saw a handy hint from the Citizen today – we may have just escaped Load Shedding this week, but tonight and Thursday could be tight: “Demand for Tuesday and Wednesday evening peak periods were expected to reach 32 830 MW while supply was expected to flounder at just under 32 300 MW – a hefty 530… Read more »
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All things being equal
It’s been a while since we added to our quick and handy tool set. So it’s about time we put some of the big users in the home into context. When we talk about 1 unit of electricity, or 1 kilowatt-hour (kwh) it can be confusing as to what that really means. So hopefully the… Read more »
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