Johannesburg residents could be paying 84% more for electricity starting 1 July 2027, and the clock is already ticking on the decisions that will make it happen.
The city's newly constituted council has until 30 March to submit its electricity tariff request to the national energy regulator. That deadline is not flexible. Miss it, and the whole process stalls.
The energy regulator is set to make its ruling on 26 November, which means the groundwork being laid right now in council chambers will directly shape what lands on your next electricity bill.
For Joburg households already stretching budgets to cover rising costs, this is the conversation to watch. How the new council handles this first major test could tell us everything about whose interests they actually serve.
Originally published by AllAfrica · newsdesk@scrolla.africa (Scrolla).