Times of Eswatini

ESERA gives public feedback on tariff hike

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MBABANE – The Eswatini Energy Regulatory Authority (ESERA) will today start giving feedback to emaSwati on the approved electricit­y tariff hike.

ESERA approveG an averaJe 0. per cent eOectricit\ hiNe for the \ear 202 2 anG an averaJe tariff increase of 8.02 per cent for 202 2 .

ESERA Chief Executive Officer CEO SiNhuPEu]o 7saEeG]e saiG there Zas a JeneraO resistance E\ the puEOic to participat­e in the puEOic hearinJs on eOectricit\ hiNe. +e saiG citi]ens PaGe severaO suEPission­s GurinJ the puEOic revieZ.

³7heir feeOinJ is that their suEPis sions are not taNen into consiGera tion ´ saiG 7saEeG]e. +e aOso stateG that another reason necessitat­inJ the feeGEacN Peet

9. 166/23 11. 604/23 12.1435/19 13.41/23 14.1221/23 15. 558/23 16.105/23 19. 649/23 20. 658/23 21. 621/23 inJs Zas the fact that other peopOe Zere concerneG that ESERA enGeG up taNinJ Gecisions Zithout coPinJ EacN to Jive theP aGvice on hoZ the\ arriveG at such Gecisions.

³7he\ have aGviseG the reJuOator that it ZouOG Ee JooG to stiOO coPe EacN to expOain to theP hoZ Ze ar riveG at our Gecision ´ he saiG.

Mnjoli Investment­s (Pty-Ltd) Vs

The Master Of The High Court & Another

Tibiyo Properties

Vs

Temangweni Preciou7s Zwane

(Pty-Ltd)

Tibiyo Properties

Vs

Siboniso Ncongwane

(Pty-Ltd)

Chris Van Annan

Vs

Natcom Of Police & Two Others

Nedbank Eswatini (Limited) Vs

Jd & Sons Investment­s (Pty-Ltd) & Five Others

Phindile Mantimakhu­lu N.o Vs

Machawe Sithole & Another

Ice World Premium

Eswatini Dev. Finance Corporatio­n

Vs

Bongani Vusumuzi Dlamini& Another

Eswatini Dev. Finance Corporatio­n

Vs

Bongani Vusumuzi Dlamini & Another

Riverstone Complex

Vs

Legacy Woodwork & Another

Violet Buluma

Vs

Musa Richard Maseko

The Grill Group

Pesche

Vs

Peter Graf

7he CEO aOso inGicateG that soPe citi]ens haG coPpOaineG aEout the technicaOi­t\ of the report Zhich Zas supposeG to Ee EroNen GoZn into siPpOer terPs for eas\ unGerstanG­inJ.

+e saiG it Zas aOso necessar\ to ex pOain this to the peopOe GirectO\ rather than OeavinJ theP on the ZeEsite.

0eanZhiOe 7saEeG]e saiG the reJu Oator tooN an unGertaNin­J anG a proP ise to Jive feeGEacN to the puEOic.

Engagement

³7he ZhoOe essence or purpose of the process is to cOose the OoophoOe Eecause Ze vaOue enJaJePent anG feeGEacN Zith the puEOics Ze serve. 7he\ Geserve to NnoZ hoZ Ze ar riveG at such a criticaO Gecision ´ saiG 7saEeG]e. +e confesseG that the\ haG not Eeen JivinJ feeGEacN to the citi]ens in the past. +e saiG the\ haG taNen the puEOic¶s JuiGance. 22. 845/21 23.1621/23 24.673/23 25. 400/23 26. 135/23 27.549/23 28.468/23 29. 470/23 30. 1873/21 31.15/23 32. 671/23 33.1961/22

³7he purpose of this session is to inforP the puEOic on hoZ Ze reacheG those Gecisions anG then EreaN theP GoZn in a siPpOe anG unGerstanG­aEOe Panner for theP.

³:e ZiOO aOso GePonstrat­e to theP hoZ Ze enGeG up coPinJ up Zith such Gecisions ´ he saiG. 0eanZhiOe the CEO saiG the\ haG scheGuOeG tZo initiaO PeetinJs.

+e saiG the first puEOic session ZouOG Ee heOG at 3huPOaPcas­hi +aOO at .a1JcaPphaO­aOa. +e saiG the reason for theP to seOect that pOace Zas Eecause it Zas situateG on the southern siGe of the /uEoPEo Re Jion anG consisteG of a coPEinatio­n of interestin­J custoPers.

³7hat sphere is actuaOO\ Griven E\ aJro EaseG custoPers. So Ze have inviteG a Pixture of custoPers to the saPe haOO ´ the ESERA CEO hiJhOiJhte­G.

+e further pointeG out that a seconG puEOic session ZouOG Ee heOG on 0a\

202 at the *eorJe +oteO.

Master Of The High Court & Another

Eswatini Dev. Finance

Corp

Vs

Muziwethu Nhlakaniph­o Langwenya

Logico Unlimited (Pty-Ltd) Vs

Sikhulile Melissa Hlophe

Setsabile Ncobile Nsibande(Dlamini)

Vs

Sifundo Bheki Nsibande

First National Bank Of Eswatini

Vs

Senel Investment­s Holdings(Ltd) & Another

Pots Constructi­on

Santos Properties (Pty-Ltd) Vs

Polar Beauty Palour (Pty-Ltd)

Musa Motsa Attorneys

Vs

Tee And Jay Investment­s

Ncobile Tfobhi Gamedze (Mndzebele)

Vs

Kwanele Peter Gamedze & Two Others

Eswatini Revenue Service Vs

Hall Stacey (Pty-Limited)

Pentagon Districtio­n

Vs

Commit (Pty-Ltd)& Another

Tibiyo Takangwane Vs

Prime Properties

Encakini Investment­s (Pty-Ltd) Vs

Solomon M. Malaza

 ?? (Courtesy pic) ?? Eswatini Energy Regulatory Authority CEO Sikhumbuzo Tsabedze said they would conduct a first public session by giving them feedback regarding the electricit­y hike which was proposed by the Eswatini Electricit­y Company.
(Courtesy pic) Eswatini Energy Regulatory Authority CEO Sikhumbuzo Tsabedze said they would conduct a first public session by giving them feedback regarding the electricit­y hike which was proposed by the Eswatini Electricit­y Company.
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