DEAR Editor;
I start off by saying that we all know that government institutions are bankrupt.
It is due to the fact that the labour unions have taught its members that they have the right to a percentage increase on salaries every year.
The financial situation of the company does not count.
The people have not got a clue how a business works, they just demand.
It is about time someone tells them that when a company’s income is less than its expenditure, then that company is bankrupt.
Now, in the case of Eskom.
I believe that when the ANC government took over in 1994, there was enough money in Eskom’s bank account to cover the costs of any possible new power plants that would be required in the future.
What happened to the money?
It was all paid out to the workers in the form of bonuses and by stealing.
Eskom is not just bankrupt, they owe the world 500 billion rand.
Instead of supplying us with enough electricity, they are penalising us with high tariffs and annual price increases as high as 31, 25 and now 15 percent.
Are they going to ask for a 15 percent increase from now on for the rest of our lives?
I am sure that all Eskom personnel are receiving large salaries already.
They should not be asking for a salary increase from a company that is in a financial mess.
Eskom has a staff of 48 000 yet it only requires 17 000.
It should take drastic measures to improve its situation.
It should fire half of its personnel and cut the salaries of remaining staff by half (SABC has implemented this).
This company carries on as if nothing is wrong.
In my case, I would like to explain how Eskom has been stealing my money for 12 years.
I have bought two properties which I let out to standard household residents and half of them are pensioners.
When I started off 12 years ago, I included all costs in the rental, because costs were low at the time.
However, it is a different story today.
My account for May estimated at 2654 kWh for six households with a total charge of R6676.61.
The network capacity charge was R4.38 per day for 32 days (R140.16).
An energy charge of 600 kWh at R1.6747 per kWh amounted to R1004.82.
An energy charge of 2054 kWh at R2.6931 per kWh amounted to R5531.63.
I would like to pay as follows.
A network capacity charge of R4.38 per day for 32 days (R140.16).
An energy charge of 2654 kWh charged at R1.6747 per kWh (R4444.65).
This amounts to R4584.81.
I went to see Eskom about this problem and was advised to install prepaid meters.
I do not think this is possible in my case.
I am sure there are millions of households paying R1,6747/kWh.
Why do they penalise people in my position, or can’t they afford to lose those millions that they freely receive?
IRATE PAYER
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