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Prepaid electricity meter
Residents of Johannesburg will be paying more for electricity and other services as from today.
City Power customers will see an across the board increase of 12.4% for electricity in line with the City’s approved tariffs for the 2025/26 financial year.
However, City Power says the increases will vary per customer category based on usage and tariff structure.
The power utility says customers on the Residential Prepaid High tariff will see an average increase of over 11% and the service fee will remain unchanged at R200.
City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena says poor and low-income households will be cushioned from paying increased services.
“We are aware of the fact that most of the residents within the City of Johannesburg are poor and have been hit hard by the economic realities that we face so the residential prepaid low tariff is designed to support indigent customers, who remain exempt from the R70 service charge and R130 network capacity charge, totaling R200. This ensures continued relief for the most vulnerable customers in the current economic climate so the registered indigent customers will qualify for the expanded social package will continue to benefit for free basic electricity which provides about 50kw electricity per month.”
ICYMI – From 1 July 2025, electricity tariffs will go up.
This increase is part of City Power’s annual price review – approved by NERSA, our electricity regulator. #JoburgTariffs ^GZ pic.twitter.com/8fn8aIRGDy
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) July 1, 2025