Low-income households in Johannesburg have one month left to register for access to a free allocation of electricity. City Power launched the free basic electricity drive in early June, and the ...

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) ...

Eskom board chair Mteto Nyati has called for the government to increase the free basic electricity (FBE) grant from 50kWh and for municipalities to ring-fence their electricity budgets to ensure the ...

City Power has launched a citywide registration campaign to enrol qualifying indigent households across Johannesburg for the free basic electricity (FBE) programme. The campaign, which has been ...

A new basic solar grant made electricity more affordable for families in the Qandu Qandu shack settlement in Cape Town, South ...

City Power is urging residents to register for free basic electricity before the 31 July deadline Qualifying households earning under R7,500 per month will receive 50 kWh of free electricity monthly ...

Government’s free basic electricity (FBE) programme has failed to provide financial relief to poor South Africans, according to environmental researcher Dr Neil Overy and EarthLife Africa Johannesburg ...