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How many units for R100 in Lekwa?

R100 buys 40.8 kWh of prepaid electricity in Lekwa at the start of the month, VAT included, on Lekwa’s prepaid tariff for homes, 1.1 Domestic, single phase. It also has a fixed charge of R209.60 a month, which your purchases pay first. Units cost more as the month goes on: once you’ve bought 350 kWh, R100 buys 22.9 kWh.

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40.8 kWhFor R100at the start of the month
170.0 kWhFor R500at the start of the month
22.9 kWhFor R100 lateronce you’ve bought 350 kWh
R209.60Fixed chargefor November, paid first

What R50 to R1,000 buys in Lekwa

1.1 Domestic, single phase40.8 kWhfor R100 at the start of the month, plus a fixed R209.60 a month

Units (kWh) for each amount, VAT included. Start of month: your first units of the month, with the fixed charge paid. First buy: the month’s first purchase, if it pays the whole fixed charge before any units. After 350 kWh: once you’ve bought 350 kWh this month.

You pay	Start of month	First buy	After 350 kWh
R50	20.4	0.0	11.5
R100	40.8	0.0	22.9
R200	74.6	0.0	45.9
R300	106.4	36.9	68.8
R500	170.0	103.4	114.7
R1,000	328.8	262.2	229.4

Units this month	Price a unit	R100 buys
First 50 kWh	R2.45	40.8 kWh
50 to 350 kWh	R3.15	31.8 kWh
350 to 600 kWh	R4.36	22.9 kWh
Above 600 kWh	R5.08	19.7 kWh

It has a fixed charge (basic charge R182.26 a month, before VAT) that comes to R209.60 for November, with VAT. You pay it whatever you use, and your prepaid purchases pay it first. The decision doesn’t say whether its tariffs include VAT; 15% added, as municipal tariffs are usually quoted without it. Source: NERSA decision, page 20.

Why the same R100 buys less later in the month

On this tariff, Lekwa sells electricity in blocks that start again on the first of every month. The first 50 kWh each month cost R2.45 a unit, VAT included, and the price goes up in steps after that, to R5.08 a unit above 600 kWh.

So R100 buys 40.8 kWh at the start of the month, but only 22.9 kWh once you’ve bought 350 kWh that month. Splitting your purchases doesn’t change this: the blocks count every unit you buy in the month, however you buy them.

The fixed charge

Lekwa charges R209.60 a month on this tariff, VAT included, whatever you use, and your prepaid purchases pay it first. If the whole month’s charge comes off your first purchase, your first R100 of the month buys no units at all, and R109.60 of the charge is still owed from your next purchase. Municipalities collect it in different ways, some a little with every purchase. Your till slip shows what was taken.

Other household tariffs

Tariff	R100 buys	Fixed a month
1.3 Domestic, three phase, prepaidFor a 60 A three-phase supply	38.7 kWh	R852.72

Units for R100 at the start of the month, VAT included, with the month’s fixed charge paid.

Elsewhere in Mpumalanga

Units for R100 at the start of the month, VAT included.

A month’s electricity bill in LekwaLine by line
Lekwa: the municipalityWards, water
Every municipalityUnits for R100

Source: NERSA decision, page 20, Lekwa’s tariffs for 2026/27, from 1 July 2026. Worked out for November 2026. In parts of most municipalities, Eskom supplies homes directly.