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Back to home Public · For homeowners · 24 pages Consumer Prospectus · 2026

Welcome to Energy Freedom.

The national grid is broken. We built a new one — gridless, decentralised, and priced fairly. This is how South African homes secede from the monopoly.

MZ-CON-2026-02 Public 24 pages · 8 min
01 / The Problem

The national grid is broken.

For two decades, the South African consumer has been trapped paying more, for less, to fund a centralised system that openly admits it can't keep up.

Hand holding a municipal electricity bill by candlelight at a darkened window
Two decades of tariff hikes — and still the lights go out on schedule.
1,000%
Eskom tariff increase since the early 2000s
285%
South African inflation over the same 20 years
12.7%
Most recent annual hike — and they keep coming
R4.75/kWh
What you can pay today, depending on your block

But it gets worse. You aren't just paying for the power you use. To compensate for massive revenue losses, municipalities have padded your bill with hidden Service Charges, Network Capacity Charges, and Availability Fees — costing you hundreds of Rands a month before you even switch on a lightbulb.

You are paying more than ever, for a service that is less reliable than ever, to fund a centralised grid that cannot meet capacity by 2029.

It is time to secede from the grid. It is time for MEZURA.

02 / The Solution

A utility that actually serves you.

Clean, constant, and reliable electricity — without the hidden fees, without the red tape, and without the exorbitant price tag.

A bright family kitchen with rooftop solar panels visible through the window
A working home, every hour of the day — clean power, fair price, no contracts.
No

Upfront Capital Costs

The full system — solar, battery, smart meter — is installed at our cost.

No

Solar Rental Contracts

You're not signing a lease. You're not financing hardware. There's no rental agreement.

No

Hidden Network Fees

No service charges, capacity fees, or availability fees. You pay for what you use.

No

Debt

You don't own the hardware, so you don't carry the debt. Period.

You simply pay for the clean power you use, at a fraction of the cost of the national grid.

R2.50
MEZURA Direct-to-Home Tariff · per kWh · pure solar

vs Eskom average of R3.50 – R4.75 / kWh + hidden fees.

03 / How It Works

"How is this possible? What's the catch?"

There is no catch. There is only better infrastructure.

Two certified installers in safety harnesses mounting solar panels on a tiled roof
We fund it, we install it, we maintain it — you pay only for the kilowatt-hours you use.

Until now, escaping the grid meant taking on massive personal debt for a solar system, or signing a complex long-term rental lease. We fundamentally changed the model.

MEZURA operates as a true National Utility. Through our Institutional Green Energy Fund and our network of certified local installation partners (EPCs), we buy and install the entire solar and battery system on your roof at our cost.

01

We Install

Full solar & battery system on your roof, at our cost.

02

We Maintain

Local EPC partners keep it running at peak efficiency, forever.

03

You Pay Per kWh

Just R2.50 for the clean power you actually use. No ownership, no debt.

You don't own the hardware. You don't maintain it. You simply buy the electricity it generates — just like Eskom, but fair.

04 / The Technology

The end of the "20-digit token" dark age.

Say goodbye to standing in the dark, punching a 20-digit STS token into a plastic keypad. When you switch to MEZURA, we upgrade your home with the MEZURA UMS — the most advanced dual-source smart node on the continent.

The MEZURA UMS wall unit alongside the UMA app open on a smartphone
One app, one wallet, one tap — your home utility in your pocket.

The MEZURA UMS seamlessly manages solar power on your roof, with the municipal grid kept connected as a secondary, automated backup.

The MEZURA Utility Management App (UMA)

01 · Digital Energy Wallet

Top up your electricity balance instantly from anywhere, using your saved debit or credit card. No queues. No tokens. No keypads.

02 · Real-Time Transparency

See exactly how much power you are using, what source it's coming from, and what it costs — right down to the minute.

03 · Automated Intelligence

The UMS dynamically shifts heavy loads (like geysers) to run when the sun is shining, automatically optimising your energy mix to keep costs as low as mathematically possible.

05 / The Future

The ultimate smart home gateway.

Electricity is just the beginning. The MEZURA UMS installed in your home is a universal digital gateway — one app, one wallet, total control over your cost of living.

Four-panel collage of household utilities — solar, water, gas, and the UMS gateway
Electricity is the beachhead — water, gas, and internet ride the same digital perimeter.
Phase Service What it does
Phase 1 Electricity Solar-first dual-source supply at R2.50/kWh — live now.
Coming Soon Water Smart metering and prepaid water billing through the same wallet.
Coming Soon Gas Centralised LPG monitoring and managed top-up billing.
Coming Soon Internet (ISP) Bundled connectivity, billed per gig through the MEZURA app.

Are you ready to cut your electricity bill in half? The era of centralised monopolies dictating your quality of life is over. The new power grid is on your roof, managed by your phone, priced fairly.