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Rental administration, body corporate management, Homeowners' Association governance and prepaid utilities — explained clearly by the people who run these services every day, for the South Africans who have to manage them.

Prepaid Utilities & Wallet

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Prepaid electricity, water and gas on-billing, meter accuracy, tariff structuring, recovery rates and resident-facing transparency.

Prepaid Utilities & Wallet

Ekurhuleni July 2026 utility tariff hikes explained

From 1 July 2026 City of Ekurhuleni residents face proposed tariff increases averaging 9.01% on electricity, 11% on water, 8.35% on sanitation, 3.7% on refuse and 2% on property rates. The Energy Business Unit has also restructured residential tariffs A.1 and A.2 from inclining-block to flat-rate kWh charging. Mosaic Wallet gives Ekurhuleni residents real-time consumption visibility, automated PayShap top-ups and per-property utility recovery to absorb the hikes without disrupting cash flow.

17 June 2026 7 min read

Prepaid Utilities & Wallet

Joburg July 2026 utility tariff hikes explained

From 1 July 2026 City of Johannesburg residents face approved tariff increases of 8.63% on electricity, 12.5% on water, 11% on sanitation and 6.2% on refuse. Prepaid customers gain a slightly lower electricity ceiling, but the rand impact lands in every household budget. Mosaic Wallet gives residents real-time consumption visibility, automated PayShap top-ups and per-property utility recovery to absorb the hikes without disrupting cash flow.

9 June 2026 7 min read

Prepaid Utilities & Wallet

Prepaid Utility Management Services in Johannesburg

Mosaic Wallet provides a modern prepaid utility management platform designed for sectional title schemes, residential estates, property owners and rental portfolios across Johannesburg and South Africa — combining utility technology, administration, reporting and collections integration into a unified platform focused on operational efficiency and financial control.

7 May 2026 7 min read

Prepaid Utilities & Wallet

IoT Utility Metering and the Future of Community Management in South Africa

Eskom, City Power and Johannesburg Water tariffs continue to rise above inflation. For sectional title schemes, estates and HOAs, IoT smart-metering technologies — LoRa, NB-IoT and Sigfox — are reshaping utility recovery, replacing manual readings and delayed reconciliation with real-time consumption visibility.

23 April 2026 10 min read

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