With many South African households struggling to make ends meet amid the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, Eskom is raising awareness about its longstanding Free Basic Electricity (FBE) ...

Nersa has approved a National Free Basic Electricity (NFBE) rate of 194.40c/kWh for the 2024/25 municipal financial year. Nersa made the decision at its meeting held on 30 May 2024. The new rate will ...

The national energy regulator (Nersa) has approved the National Free Basic Electricity rate for 2024, which will come into effect next month. The NFBE rate is the rate at which municipalities ...

Eskom has revealed how many people in South Africa are registered to receive a tiny amount of free electricity every month.

Eskom Group Chief Executive Dan Marokane has revealed that while nearly 10 million households across South Africa are eligible for free basic electricity, only 2 million are actually receiving it.