11 February 2020 1 Min Read
Eskom: Public must pay R190bn to fix our mess. Judge: Think again
Eskom's attempt to hike up electricity tariffs have been squashed by the high court in Pretoria.
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Bedevilled power producer Eskom – which is trying to bleed as much as R190bn from consumers through a series of tariff hikes – has been dealt a hammer blow by the Pretoria High Court.
On Monday, judge Jody Kollapen dismissed an urgent application by the utility, which if successful would have seen electricity prices raised by 16.6% and 16.7% over the next two years.
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