The Price of Power: How a Tariff Surge Broke South Africa’s Industrial Backbone, and Why 62 Cents May Be the Only Way Back
A data-driven commentary on South Africa's electricity pricing crisis, it’s devastating impact on energy-intensive industry , and the emergency intervention to save the ferrochrome sector by Davies Tsikayi South Africa’s electricity tariffs have increased rapidly since 2003, turning what was once some of the world’s most affordable industrial power into a cost structure that has contributed significantly to deindustrialisation.
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