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Gerhard

Yes I do

Cost of living

Raymonde

Yes I do

Other

Rates and taxes is an expense created by the municipality to simply enrich itself by means of a subversive money grab.
A property is taxed proportionately when sold, you are taxed on your sewage,water, pipe size ( constitutionally illegal).
A property does not know it's value so how can you attach the scale of rates payable to the value of a property?
When you purchase a property, commercial or private, the value is an amount set by players in the property sector in order to make money.

As for the rates and taxes payable on the property or buisness. Yes certain affluent areas should pay proportionally more than other areas because of the location of the said property and by means of affordability compared to less affluent areas.
But this i no means gives the municipality the right to attach the value of your house/property to the amount you must pay in rates and taxes.
If this is to be done in a fair and just manner then the amount in question should be explained and calculated in a manner that allows property owners the space to upgrade/maintain their properties without having to fund EXCESSIVELY the over staffed, paid municipality of capetown.
Yes we must pay for: roads maintenance, stable electricity supply, SUPPOSED LAW AND ORDERwhich hardly exists!
But overall , there is no way that you can tell me that ,to fix a piece of road in CONSTANTIA costs more to fix when compared to a similar size piece of road in MITCHELL'S PLAIN or similar area.
Also how about making ALL public servants and their shadow companies pay rates and taxes on their properties and not freeloading off the hard working public.

You say you work for the people/province, then prove it!!!

Jeanette

Yes I do

Cost of living

Jade

Yes I do

Cost of living

Ferose

Yes I do

Cost of living

Sheryl

Yes I do

Cost of living

Residents who helped build the economy and are now retired, cannot afford to remain living in their houses because of the high cost of rates and taxes. Letters for motivation against rates increases were sent, receipt of which were not acknowledged and content ignored, and rates just went up regardless.

Bonolo

Yes I do

Cost of living

Rosa

Yes I do

Municipal collapse

Leo

Yes I do

Municipal collapse

I am sick and tired of municipalities treating paying residents like garbage and no service delivery despite high rates and taxes

Hullet

Yes I do

Cost of living

Efforts for cost efficiency needs to be taken by managing the spent if budget effectively. Increases has a significant impact on elderly and who does not qualify for the exemptions.

Rachel

Yes I do

Cost of living

Taxes are paid for money earned (ie. salaries are taxed); VAT is paid with many purchases; it is not in the best interests of citizens of South Africa to also have to pay rates of properties that they OWN!

Many people spend the majority of their lives paying off properties that they have bought. It then adds insult to injury to have to still pay municipal rates and taxes on property, or houses owned by South African citizens.

Jaco

Yes I do

Cost of living

Mrs L

Yes I do

Cost of living

Kevin

Yes I do

Cost of living

Marianne

Yes I do

Cost of living

Carla

Yes I do

Cost of living

The same property value are increased that relates to higher rates and taxes, whilst our income as pensioners are very limited
The same goes for families with kids that are at school , college or university.
Income does not keep up with the massive burden of paying.
Based on taxation alone one can loose your life-long acquired property in this way.

Lidwina

Yes I do

Cost of living

I feel cost of living is out of control ?

Amanda

Yes I do

Cost of living

Soon people will be losing their homes because of all these increases

Karl

Yes I do

Cost of living

We are being taxed to death and get nothing fore it but a bloated and breathtakingly incompetent government wither taxes must end or service delivery must take place

Janice

Yes I do

Cost of living

The displaced in Cape Town is increasing daily, how do we integrate them back into society when society is struggling financially - food prices are constantly increasing - never mind the general cost of living - we want answers and solutions.