{"id":140965,"date":"2019-07-10T10:34:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T08:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/joburg-scraps-planned-levy-on-prepaid-electricity-after-public-outcry\/"},"modified":"2019-07-10T10:34:56","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T08:34:56","slug":"joburg-scraps-planned-levy-on-prepaid-electricity-after-public-outcry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/joburg-scraps-planned-levy-on-prepaid-electricity-after-public-outcry\/","title":{"rendered":"Joburg scraps planned levy on prepaid electricity after public outcry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/joburg-scraps-planned-levy-on-prepaid-electricity-after-public-outcry\/\">Joburg scraps planned levy on prepaid electricity after public outcry<\/a>: <input type=\"hidden\" class=\"simple-love-fix\" data-id=\"530\" value=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Johannesburg in the news:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Joburg scraps planned levy on prepaid electricity after public outcry<\/strong>: The City of <b>Johannesburg<\/b> has caved in to public pressure and is scrapping the stiff prepaid electricity tariffs it planned to implement in July. 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