"Electricity tariffs anger local industry"

The Witness: "Electricity tariffs anger local industry"
INDUSTRIALISTS in Pietermaritzburg are outraged at municipal electricity tariffs and, more particularly, at the increases imposed from July 1.

According to the Pietermaritzburg Chamber of Business (PCB), the municipal tariffs are already much higher than those charged by Eskom, and the increases are substantially in excess of the actual increased amounts that the municipality will be paying to Eskom for its bulk purchases of electricity.

Industrialists have warned of an increase in the number of retrenchments because many firms are facing challenges of sustainability.