113% Increase shock

I saw this post Monday "Midstream Estates - Verified Owners & Tenants Only" "Looking for a competent lawyer that has successful experience with security estates cases. This is regarding electricity bills from a security estate in Pretoria that has overcharged a family member by approximately 4 times over the last couple of years. The security estate has now turned their back on the situation and are not willing to reimburse anything despite the evidence. I need someone good to get justice".

I am glad to see I am not the only homeowner in Midstream experiencing problems with electricity bills.

December 2025 after renting my house for the year, I compared my December 24/25 electricity bills and with a shock realised a 113% increase. I then emailed Jan Zeederberg of Bondev, as one of the owners of MES. This was his reply to me: "Electricity tariff within Midstream are app**** in accordance with the requirements of the National Energy Regulator of South Africa ( NERSA). Midstream Electrical (MES) operates as an electricity reseller and under its conditions. MES is not permitted to independently determine, approve or vary tariffs and do no deviate from the approved Eskom tariff structure".

How did Eskom and Nersa get the 113% increase approved?

After numerous emails to various people in MES with no replies, visiting the MES office, requesting a meeting where I was going to record it, nobody became available.

They left me with no choice to report them to various authorities in South Africa.