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Joburg ends alarming dispute with Eskom by agreeing to pay

Eskom’s immediate threat to switch off power to parts of Joburg abated after intervention from [...]

City of Joburg Chaos Leaves Residents Facing Power Cuts

Image: Shutterstock / Eskom / City of Joburg   City of Joburg chaos leaves residents [...]

Free Basic Services – JoburgCAN Statement

Image: OUTA/JoburgCAN   Is the City of Johannesburg underspending on free basic services to redirect [...]

Joburg mayor Gwamanda should step down immediately

This article was first published in the Daily Maverick on 18 July 2024 Image: ENCA [...]

Joburg targets easy pickings on prepaid as customer debt soars

Joburg targets easy pickings on prepaid as customer debt soars Prepaid surcharge criticised as lazy [...]

Joburg- How much higher are your prepaid electricity increases than those of Eskom?

Comparison of City Power’s 2024/25 prepaid electricity tariffs and increases with those of Eskom by [...]

WATCH: Johannesburg Water Crisis- Consumers bear the brunt of municipality failures

City of Joburg fails to pass reworked budget, which could have major consequences

The budget which the City of Johannesburg debated on May 15 drops the rates increase, [...]

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JoburgCAN calls on City of Joburg to overhaul discriminatory refuse and sanitation tariffs.

“These Joburg tariffs do not follow the requirements of the National Treasury’s tariff setting methodology,” [...]

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A decade of underspending on repairs and maintenance has left Joburg’s infrastructure in a mess

“The City of Johannesburg again plans to spend less than the national norm on maintaining [...]

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