Who and what is AfriForum?

AfriForum is an Afrikaans civil rights organisation that protects the rights of minority groups at national as well as provincial level, and anyone who can identify with AfriForum’s principles and objectives may join the organisation. AfriForum’s community plan focuses on mobilising communities to thus take control of their own streets and neighbourhoods again. AfriForum ensures that your constitutional and civil rights are recognised and protected at national level.

Wie en wat is AfriForum?

AfriForum is ’n Afrikaanse burgerregteorganisasie wat die regte van minderheidsgroepe op sowel nasionale as provinsiale vlak beskerm, en enigiemand wat met AfriForum se beginsels en doelstellings kan identifiseer, mag by die organisasie aansluit. AfriForum se gemeenskapsplan fokus daarop om gemeenskappe te mobiliseer om só weer beheer terug te neem oor hul eie strate en woonbuurtes. AfriForum verseker dat jou grondwetlike én burgerregte op nasionale vlak erken en beskerm word.

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Claim your money back from your municipality.

ByAfriForum 22/08/202422/08/2024

Submit your dispute!

A huge victory in the interest of millions of municipal electricity consumers was achieved in the Northern Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, according to the civil rights organisation AfriForum. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s plans to push through unlawful and invalid municipal electricity tariff increases were thwarted this morning when its application for leave to appeal was rejected.

However, municipal electricity rate increases were implemented nationwide at 178 licensed electricity distributors on 1 July this year, despite only 66 distributors having conducted cost studies. At least 112 municipalities have therefore already been charging illegal electricity rates to millions of consumers for more than a month.

In the meantime, AfriForum will write an urgent letter to the Energy Regulator and insist on a plan of action regarding the refund of over-recovery to consumers. The organisation will also request a complete list of municipalities that have not yet submitted cost studies, so that the implementation of the court order can be monitored.

What can you do in the meantime?

Send a dispute letter to your municipal electricity supplier. We will be sending you a ready-made dispute letter by e-mail; get the letter by email here:

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