By: Xolani Khumalo
AfriForum has temporarily halted Eskom and Nersa’s R54 billion settlement that could have cost consumers nearly 9% annual tariff hikes for the next three years.
Afriforum wrote to Eskom in September 2025, requesting that it remove the case from the uncontested roll so that it could join the case as a party.
The Pretoria High Court has removed the case from the uncontested roll after AfriForum’s intervention allowing the group and others to join the proceedings.
AfriForum’s advisor for government Deidré Steffens says that the deal lacks transparency and public participation.
She emphasises accountability and protection of consumer rights amid Eskom’s financial mismanagement concerns.
“This settlement would have cost South Africans billions in inflated electricity tarrifs. Afriforum believes that Eskom and Nersa cannot make a decision and exclude the public, those who should fund the decision and will now join the case as the party to ensure that the public’s voice is heard,” Steffens says.
