One of the reasons Eskom is applying for an electricity hike is because the average annual salary of one of its employees is expected to be R820,000 in 2017 and 2018, according to a report on Saturday.
Beeld newspaper reported that Eskom's total salaries for about 45,600 employees at that time would be about R37 billion.
These figures are one of the reasons Eskom gave to the National Energy Regulatory of SA (Nersa) as part of its request to increase electricity tariffs from April 1, with 16 percent for the next five years.
Beeld reported that the information was part of Eskom's submissions handed in to Nersa.
In the documents Eskom claimed that in the current book year, the average salary per worker is R633,000 annually.
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