Electricity Tariff Increase Was Unavoidable, Moagi Explains

News on Wednesday that electricity tariffs would go up on April 1, was greeted with outrage by consumers, who said the increment was ill-timed as households and the general economy reel under the impact of the Coronavirus.

Briefing journalists on Thursday, Moagi explained that non-cost reflective local electricity tariffs set against high import power costs were weighing on the Corporation. Local tariffs are approximately six US cents per kilowatt hour compared to 16 US cents in countries like Namibia.