Its a catch 22 situation but we need to take the pain now so we can solve this problem down the line and keep the economy pumping…

The harsh reality of the situation is that a lot of people won’t be able to afford electricity once these rate hikes go through.

The point of this website is that people(homeowners and businesses) need to become less reliant on the idiots at Eskom and seek alternative methods to provide their power needs(hopefully environmentally friendly solutions)

Thanks for your comments.

A while back we wrote an article on the question of electricity being a right or a privilege:

http://www.manufacturinghub.co.za/20080324_0001.htm

Lets for a moment approach this like a business.

Facts:

1. Eskom has a bloated bunch of fat cats who SHOULD have done something about the crisis a long time ago.

2. This crisis was predicted over a decade ago when Eskom and Govt. was told by various departments – “in 2007 you will be screwed”. Google it on the net and you will find the position papers

We can grumble as much as we want now about the tariffs (that bring us in line with international rates) but its not going to help. We need a dependable electricity supply and Eskom needs many billions to develop it.

How many business owners are losing far more than 60% increase on their elec bill each month on unproductive staff?

What about commission based earners – how many of them are losing out on their livelihoods because business is not being conducted? Is this the business owners fault?

Instead of stuffing around the hikes should be put through and business people from industry should be running a massive upgrade system as a business project not as a political hot potato.

So it looks like a chicken and eggs situation.

Here is an authoritative spreadsheet by handytechtips. This guy has created a cool tool that allows you to measure how much electricity is being used and which item uses the most in your house.

Here you can find out whether turning your geyser off at times actually saves you electricity or not.

http://handytechtips.blogspot.com/2008/03/does-time-switch-on-your-geyser.html

and if eishkom thinks i’m paying 53 per-cent more because they forgot that the demand is increasing…i’m i’m…shit, can’t go anywhere. but i’ll do something