South Africa Power Hike to Hit Poor Hardest

Author:
AlJazeera English
Publisher:
AlJazeera English
Publication Date:
1 March 2013
Tags:
Energy, Legal and Judicial Affairs

South Africa's energy regulator has rejected the state electricity company's bid to raise prices by 16 percent each year for the next five years. Instead it says it will allow a price rise of half that amount for the same period.

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