Record price hikes for Paraffin Safety Month
“As the National Energy Regulator of South Africa deliberates on the hearings over ESKOM’s proposed 60% rate hike, it is a cruel irony that a record paraffin price hike comes into effect almost unnoticed. The real price of paraffin has increased by 54% this year alone!”
“The fact that the poor and marginalised are the traditional users of paraffin may point to why there has been little attention given to the actual paraffin price hike as compared to the threat of a potential 53% electricity hike. Similarly, insufficient attention has been given to improving the system of domestic paraffin consumption to ensure that it can be used as safely and efficiently, if not more so, than other household like electricity or electrified petroleum gas.”, says Patrick Kulati, MD of the Paraffin Safety Association.
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