{"id":43074,"date":"2026-08-19T09:32:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T07:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=43074"},"modified":"2026-08-19T09:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T07:32:28","slug":"sa-moves-to-overhaul-electricity-pricing-system","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-moves-to-overhaul-electricity-pricing-system\/","title":{"rendered":"SA moves to overhaul electricity pricing system"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">South Africa (SA) is moving to overhaul its electricity pricing system, in a bid to ease the burden of high-power costs on businesses and support economic growth.<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The reforms are expected to provide greater price certainty and improve the competitiveness of local industries.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Government is proposing sweeping changes to SA&#8217;s electricity pricing framework, aimed at making power more affordable and predictable for businesses.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The revised policy will introduce greater tariff transparency and support a more competitive electricity market, while protecting vulnerable consumers and strategic industries.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Government says the reforms could help lower electricity costs over the long term, attract investment and strengthen local industry and economic growth.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8211;ChannelAfrica\/InnocentSemosa&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13693,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-43074","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The reforms are expected to provide greater price certainty and improve the competitiveness of local industries.","published_date":"","news_description":"The reforms are expected to provide greater price certainty and improve the competitiveness of local industries.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43075,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43074\/revisions\/43075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=43074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}