Pakistan has witnessed a historic increase in the basic electricity tariff over the past two years, amounting to Rs25.76 per unit, according to official sources. This surge includes a fixed surcharge ...

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) ...

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 ...

Furthermore, in the case of free basic electricity, only some 21% of the 10.1 million qualifying indigent households actually received FBE in the 2019/20 financial year, and only 21% of the ...