The Pietermaritzburg Agency for Christian Social Awareness (in collaboration with the Pietermaritzburg region of COSATU/and COSATU) will convene a public meeting on Thursday, 25 March 2010 at 6.00 p.m. in the Pietermaritzburg City Hall, to discuss the latest electricity tariff increases of 24.8% from April 1^st. 

Representatives from Eskom, NERSA and the Umsunduzi municipality have been invited to engage directly with the public and hear firsthand their concerns and the impact such steep tariff increases would have on consumers already struggling to make ends meet.