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Eskom electricity price emergency
South Africa’s residential electricity tariffs are substantially higher than the global average — and smaller power users are paying far more per kilowatt-hour of electricity than heavy power users.
According to GlobalPetrolPrices.com, South Africa’s average electricity tariff was roughly R3.71 per kWh in December 2024. At that time, R3.71 converted to about $0.211.