Oh, the joys of running a state monopoly!
19 February 2021
The comfortable mind-set of those running our State-Owned-Enterprises was made clear in the magisterial media release Eskom issued following its triumph in getting the High Court to approve its demand for a 15% increase in its prices.
Headlined “Eskom notes and respects the order by the High Court on the tariff adjustment for Financial Year 2021/22”, it announced, barely stopping short of using the “Royal We”.
It then proclaimed that “This order will result in an average price increase of approximately 15% in the electricity tariff for standard tariff customers….”
This side-stepped mentioning lesser beings like ordinary householders or shopkeepers who will pay much more than an extra 15% once the municipal bureaucracies add their cut.