The Nelson Mandela statue at the Union Buildings Garden in the City of Tshwane. Photo: SA History
The City of Tshwane has proposed a 7,47% tariff increase for electricity which will start in July. Water, rates and refuse will increase too.
The Nelson Mandela statue at the Union Buildings Garden in the City of Tshwane. Photo: SA History
The City of Tshwane Municipality has proposed an increase for water, electricity and property rates tariffs amongst others.
City of Tshwane MMC for Finance, Ald Peter Sutton presented the R44.9 billion budget on Thursday, 19 May 2021 for the 2022/23 financial year.
Sutton said the City of Tshwane’s 2022/23 financial year budget is geared towards maintaining financial stability to advance service delivery and drive critical infrastructure investment.
“This budget also represents the collective strategic priorities of our multiparty coalition government.
“We need to be frank about our service delivery shortfalls and work towards addressing them by improving service delivery levels to a point where residents can start seeing the difference,” he said
Proposed tariff increases:
Fines for illegal connections and electricity theft have been increased to R200 000 for individual or household accounts and R10 million for business accounts. Sutton said criminal charges will also be laid, and lost income pursued.
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