Earthlife Africa says relentless electricity tariff hikes continue to widen inequality [SOUND]

# Earthlife Africa Johannesburg says ordinary citizens should not be forced to pay the price for Eskom’s financial mismanagement, corruption, and failure to modernise. This comes as the National Energy Regulator of South Africa has granted the power utility a 12-percent tariff increase for the 2025/2026 financial year, which will kick in on the first of April. Earthlife’s, Thabo Sibeko, says the relentless tariff hikes continue to widen inequality, making electricity a luxury rather than a basic: