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EFF's Malema: ‘The Rich Must Pay for Water and Electricity Subsidies’
Malema proposes replacing the indigent policy with an automatic system using the Sassa database, charging wealthier households higher tariffs to subsidize free utilities for grant recipients.
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EFF's Malema: ‘The rich must pay for water and electricity subsidies’
EFF leader Julius Malema has proposed that wealthy South Africans should subsidise water and electricity costs for poor households, arguing it's economic justice linked to apartheid's legacy. Speaking at the party's plenum in Boksburg, he stated that monthly payments for essential services are unaffordable for many and should be covered by 'the rich' as reparation.
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