Cabinet protection for small business

CABINET HAS vowed it “will monitor very closely the negotiations between Eskom and the regulator with a view to making sure that the proposed tariff does not have an adverse effect on the poor, low income households and small to medium enterprises”. This does not mean that small business will be exempt from having to cut back on power usage. “A regulatory framework will be introduced to penalise those users who do not comply with electricity saving measures,” according to the cabinet statement.