[TOP STORY] Consumers paying the price for Nersa’s costly Eskom tariff mistake

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‘Any price increase above inflation is bad for the economy… the prices of goods and services go up because businesses pass on these prices to the consumers, which means that the households are hit hard almost twice,’ says Professor Sampson Mamphweli, South African National Energy Development Institute.
9 Sep 2025 10AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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