Where about in Cape Town were you? Probably wealthier, tourist areas, I would guess?Was in Cape Town last week for business.... was very impressed at how well run, clean and organised the city was. No sign of any trash, roads are painted and well maintained. Visible policing in many places, shopping and tourism was booming. In comparison Durban and Joburg are dirty $h!tholes. So my advice to Capetonians is... enjoy it.
Imagine giving something to someone, and they charge you a service fee for the privilege.
Someone should be a lamb and post their statement.I am pretty sure CoJ beats them with certain fixed charges.
Where about in Cape Town were you? Probably wealthier, tourist areas, I would guess?
Since when did maintenance and expansion of infrastructure only start after fixed levies were added?
Stop believing that balderdash.
Its not like things were not maintained when water for example was a lot less costly. A cost only inflated by the municipality.
Maintenance and new infrastructure was done in Cape Town - long before anyone dreamt up a new tax...that only paying customers pay for - plus 15% VAT.
Stop believing everything you read and swallowing narratives by City spin doctors.
The price of the first 6Kl of water you consume in Cape Town has gone up by just short of 200% in 6 years.
Let that sink in.
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Errr... except for the municipal property taxes which are also levied monthly?“We left our income streams at risk. If we didn’t have a fixed component then people would end up paying very little, even wealthy residents.”
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Thinking that our water supply systems should operate and be billed the way they did back in the 2010s is a bit backward.
2.5 Availability ChargesSomeone should be a lamb and post their statement.
You may have not heard of this drought we had for 4 years. Or the simple reality that we get less water than we used to and this has increasingly been the case since the 90s (according to a friend of mine who farms out in Caledon). Or the fact that most people have changed their water consumption habits because of the drought and continue to maintain their good habits for the most part.
Thinking that our water supply systems should operate and be billed the way they did back in the 2010s is a bit backward.
You may have not heard of this drought we had for 4 years. Or the simple reality that we get less water than we used to and this has increasingly been the case since the 90s (according to a friend of mine who farms out in Caledon). Or the fact that most people have changed their water consumption habits because of the drought and continue to maintain their good habits for the most part.
Thinking that our water supply systems should operate and be billed the way they did back in the 2010s is a bit backward.
Errr... except for the municipal property taxes which are also levied monthly?
I pay fuel levies for road upkeepThat pays for your local roads (they don't get all funds required from National for that) and other things, except if you'd prefer a levy for road usage levy say in return for reduced property taxes?
That pays for your local roads (they don't get all funds required from National for that) and other things, except if you'd prefer a levy for road usage levy say in return for reduced property taxes?