Promises · Wednesday, 28 May 2025 · Budget Speech

Keep the prepaid electricity surcharge unchanged at R200 excluding VAT.

AI draft.Drafted by AI from the livestream; the quote below is what was said. Use the timestamp to check it before you quote it.

No dateMargaret Arnolds · MMC for Finance
00:53:3928 May 2025· R200 excluding VAT· Report an error
Latest: Said done at a later sitting, 3 December 2025 (AI judgment)
Deadline: none given.
Evidence: quote · 3 later sittings
“we are holding the prepaid electricity surcharge unchanged at R200 excluding VAT”
- Raised againBudget debate: ActionSA (Modukanene) rejects the budget · 29 May 2025 · and 6 more moments that day
- Done, they sayR200 surcharge motion: executive response · 2 December 2025 · and 4 more moments that day
- Done, they sayDebate on items 36-45: DA, UDM, ActionSA and EFF · 3 December 2025

Embed this

Paste this into your page's HTML. The card links back here, has no tracking or cookies, and shows light or dark to match each reader's own setting.

<iframe src="https://said-in-council.co.za/embed/promises/2025-05-28-budget-speech-0/" title="Promise: Keep the prepaid electricity surcharge unchanged at R200 excluding VAT. (Said in Council)" width="100%" height="300" style="border:0;max-width:600px" loading="lazy" sandbox="allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>

Preview the card

All promises · Watch it at the sitting, with the transcript

Overdue means the date has passed and nothing we found says it was done; it is not proof it wasn't. How promises are found and counted: Promises.