Discusssion | SAFTU calls on govt to address Eskom corruption

JOHANNESBURG - More bad news for the cash-strapped consumer.

You will be paying 12.74 percent more for electricity from 1 April.

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And, like petrol, power prices add to manufacturing costs which end up on the price on the shelf.

Trade union federation SAFTU says the above-inflation hike will make the burden on the working class unbearable.

General Secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, has more.