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[TOP STORY] Joburg prepaid electricity consumers await outcome of R200 review

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‘We are saying in light of what has been raised, we'll then have to re-look at whether the R200 is too high, we may want to re-look at it,’ says Dada Morero, MMC for finance, City of Johannesburg.

12 Jul 2024 9AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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