{
  "id": 856764,
  "title": "South Africa: Electricity and Paraffin Now Cost Families R122 More",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/south-africa-electricity-and-paraffin-now-cost-families-r122-more",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T08:19:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica",
    "slug": "allafrica",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202608140073.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "[Scrolla] PMBEJD found 350kWh of prepaid electricity rose by R81.57 a month after a 6.9% tariff increase. Buying 20 litres of paraffin now costs R40.60 more, taking the combined monthly increase to R122.17.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}