The City News quotes 16% of households will pay less.

50% will have up to A 15% increase, while 27% will have a nominal 30% increase.

For 5% of the city slickers increases of 30-40%, while those select few over 40%.

As usual the Cape Town City thinks the general population are a bunch of illiterate moron’s with absolute no math skills.

Tariffs and rates to pay for service delivery and infrastructure. They state a exciting feature of the budget is R500.000 to each ward for play equipment for parks, railings.

Do they not have the mentality to realize this equipment will end up at the scrap merchant like our telecommunications cable and power lines.

Rates increase of 113% reported, a fair increase as far as the city council is concerned, what the public does not understand is that these politicians have expenses as well.

We cannot allow them to drive a average car. Top of range accommodation is expensive nowadays, then there is entertainment and miscellaneous expenses such as when funds disappear and nobody is responsible.

On top of this you have bodyguards salary’s and air travel to keep in mind. If you remember somebody blue the whistle on this lucrative travel- gate self enrichment campaign.

So a rates increase of 141% for some should help the impoverished Cape Town Council top brass retain their standard of living they are accustomed to since been voted into power.

The Pinelands Village rates went up from R25 280 per month to R60. 844.00

This 141% increase excludes the 125% increase in sewerage tariffs.

A article in the Cape Times mentioned city running out of council owned land to sell. Soon will be unable to generate income from land sales to meet demand for social responsibilities and service delivery.

How is it possible for three houses all identical in size to have a discrepancy in rate increases. Two are more or less the same and the one in the center gets slapped with a cool 113% increase. They were build by the same builder, same specifications not to mention even the land erf is identical.

Now if ever there was a city blunder or a money spinner of note is a letter in the cape times where a 600% rates increase was the order of the day. From R550.00 to a incredible R3800.00 month. With interest rates up, and city council milking homeowners for rates often higher than there bond repayment, this free money scheme is going to cripple many a house hold.

These are dark times for the residents of Cape Town.

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