An urgent court order is sought by AfriForum against Nersa regarding Eskom tariffs.
AfriForum has applied to the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria for an urgent court order against the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) in a bid to obtain answers to the R54 billion Eskom revenue dispute.
The application followed a lapse of 90 days without Nersa providing reasons for its decision earlier this year to approve an additional tariff adjustment of more than R54 billion for Eskom. AfriForum said Nersa is legally obliged to explain this decision.
The regulator announced in February that additional electricity tariff increases of 8.76% for the 2026/2027 financial year and 8.83% for the 2027/2028 financial year had been approved for Eskom. These increases come in addition to tariff increases that had already been approved to compensate for calculation errors in the original tariff determination.
AfriForum’s application follows a court battle to get the two role players (Nersa and Eskom) to disclose information about this calculation error and to give the public, who are directly affected by the pricing, a chance to comment meaningfully.
