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[TOP STORY] Cosatu pushes prepaid electricity metering to save industry and jobs

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‘The stats we've seen from industry show that we've lost about 350 000 jobs because of the increasingly unaffordable price of electricity, especially the impact upon the industrial sectors,’ says Cosatu’s parliamentary co-ordinator, Matthew Parks.

22 Oct 2025 10AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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