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    Rain and storm for Cpt

    2.6 metres of rain ?? Is that right ?
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    Rain and storm for Cpt

    Is a "black south easter" the same thing as a "cut-off low" ?
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    New water restriction tariffs hit Cape Town: what you need to know

    Who are these people with so much influence, that they could force the City to buck the global trend and tax middle and lower income homeowners, instead of just lumping the entire tax burden on the "rich". Why change a century old tax system comprising a tax on property values coupled with...
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    New water restriction tariffs hit Cape Town: what you need to know

    In fact the City managed the falling demand for water very well. To the extent that they over-recovered on the water revenue account for the year ending June 2018. There was no collapse in water revenue following the reduction in the city's daily water consumption from 1200 to less then 600...
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    New water restriction tariffs hit Cape Town: what you need to know

    Maybe, but thanks to the water and electricity connection taxes (they are not fees), the City of CT will hand over about R300 million per annum in VAT to the national Treasury. If they had correctly recovered water and electricity infrastructure costs via the property rates tax, there would...
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    New water restriction tariffs hit Cape Town: what you need to know

    Exactly - it is the most bizarre tax. What were they thinking ?
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    New water restriction tariffs hit Cape Town: what you need to know

    Been trying for the last 3 months to obtain some financial and budget information from the City of CT re the water and electricity 'connection" fees introduced recently, and how these are disclosed in the 2018/2019 budget documents. Attempts via my ward councillor, budgeting dept, finance dept...
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