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2025-08-14 16:38:42 +02:00

Jacobeth

Westville

No I do not

Property rates

All of the issues listed above are my concern. Property Rates, water, electricity, refuse, sewage,

2025-08-14 10:44:08 +02:00

Madge

Camps Bay

No I do not

Other

Increases are exorbitant and unfairly allocated to take from people who have worked and always paid the fees as proposed to give to people who do not contribute.
On reaching retirement and not depending on hand outs these fees are crippling and designed as redistribution unfairly.
Used for huge salaries to already top earning employees.

2025-08-14 10:09:16 +02:00

Angela

Sunningdale

No I do not

Electricity

2025-08-14 07:30:19 +02:00

Mamma

Tembisa

No I do not

Electricity

Electricity is very expensive.

2025-08-14 04:48:56 +02:00

Susan

Balfour

No I do not

Electricity

2025-08-14 01:59:07 +02:00

Nkakale

Dobsonville

No I do not

Other

Poverty has already attacked the poor and it will be worse and there will be more criminals.

2025-08-13 23:39:40 +02:00

Philippa

Bellville

No I do not

Other

Availability charges and having to pay more although have invested in water saving and solar to ensure greater availability to all but have been penalised even though have not covered the cost of investing in this. Loaded with cost and introduction of tariff charges.
Increases are over inflation and what people are getting as increases seems unsustainable.
The COCT is trying to do a good job but don't believe it is sustainable to impose new fixed tariffs and charges and they should be looking at other ways to ensure saving and that people pay for the services they receive rather than just putting increases through.

2025-08-13 21:04:10 +02:00

Nelia

Parow

No I do not

Electricity

2025-08-13 18:22:14 +02:00

Mola

No I do not

Electricity

2025-08-13 17:50:48 +02:00

Karl

No I do not

Water

Get rid of the thieves.
Put educated and able people in positions in authorities,and remove cadres. We are democratic not a socialist nor a communist peoples. Only backward and fools with no integrity,discipline or honesty should have no authority in our governance over the countries population.

2025-08-13 16:37:33 +02:00

Johan

Dana Bay

No I do not

Other

All costs are above cpi. Salaries are way too high. I do not care for comparisons with other towns. Eskom tariffs should be used throughout with say a 5% increase

2025-08-13 14:06:05 +02:00

Jean

The VInes

Not fully

Other

The Electricity availability service charge has increased considerably, the water one too, and now there is the cleansing charge, so all in all my Monthly BIll has increased by about R300, which is too much for our pensions to cover.

2025-08-13 12:45:37 +02:00

Lida

Riviera

No I do not

Other

All of the above reasons. Citizens are incapable to carry the increasing costs of basic services that are ever increasing due to corruption, incompetence and mismanagement of funds. Die pap het ophou reen. Get real, people die of hunger and the so-called middle class are cashstrapped to the bone.

2025-08-13 11:16:34 +02:00

Alexander

No I do not

Other

Abolish the RACIST activities of BEE;
oust all corruption;
let the most efficient tenders win regardless of race
streamline services;
fire non-performers;
stop the invasion of societal ticks/leaches from other provinces

and then we will have more than enough money to turn this municipality/province around.

2025-08-13 10:14:23 +02:00

Sheldon

No I do not

Other

I do not agree with any of the above. South African Citizens should not be the ones liable for the shortfalls, poor planning and corruption of kakistocracy government, who amount to no more than an irresponsible person who constantly overspends on their credit card.

Also the size of a property does not amount to a usage charge, regardless of what so called clever and vague label is used to list additional trumped up charges. Stop killing us financially to make up for governments incompetence and corrupt ways, making it even more difficult to just put food on the table and have a roof over our head.

2025-08-13 09:16:32 +02:00

Claude

No I do not

Other

I do not agree with overall rate increase based on property, which is beyond unreasonable and immoral.
As business owner renting a building unit[Independent electricity meter] , I have just suddenly received most recent invoice on 08/08/2025 for July 2025. Been renting unit since 1997 and was alarmed to note an additional line stating "Service and wire charge" of R3872.95 Excl, on top of the standard monthly service charge. This new additional service is more than R1200 higher than the standard monthly charge.
It was explained a few years back that we had to be charged a service charge as municipality was moving away from standard meters to prepaid meter and we have been unable to acquire sign of from unresponsive landlord to change to a prepaid meter to-date.
When contacting to inquire about about the relevant service charge with City of Cape Town contact centre, it was than announced that the new service charge would be replacing the standard monthly service charge. Yet to-date no valid reason has ever been provided as why either charge exists when this wiring/cables were laid years ago, rates are paid by landlord and we should than only pay for electricity used, as per our account with city municipality. But instead are charged a monthly "service charge", which is on average almost seven times higher on its own than the consumption charge.
The only thing i can see daily as a citizen and small business owner, is government's utter disdain for the well being of its citizens, businesses and the economy, as it tries to push its funding shortfalls on the law abiding and tax payers. The choking constraints caused by BBBEE since its application on all business is bad enough, but economy and this country is running on borrowed time, as its so called leaders are rushing us to the slaughter due to their incompetence or corrupt "leadership". Always leaving the law abiding citizens & businesses and tax payer to pay for their incompetence, corruption and poor planning.

2025-08-13 09:11:34 +02:00

Hilda

Brooklyn

No I do not

Other

Any financial increase for any reason is not acceptable as South Africans are already paying taxes as well as extra tax which is added to the property rates, water, electricity, refuse removal, account. An increase in the above as well as salaries to the municipality is not acceptable as there is very little or no service delivery. We are having to see to our own service delivery - fixing potholes, cleaning our roads and parks, getting in electricians after days or weeks without electricity, filling in holes after water leaks which are not filled in for months etc.

2025-08-13 08:48:13 +02:00

Veronica

Wilro park

No I do not

Property rates

Municipalities should sort out their systems and service provision by improving management and oversight first. We keep paying more to receive less. Because municipalities don't meet their obligations we have to pay them and for other means to keep our residential areas habitable.

2025-08-13 08:35:09 +02:00

Emma

Cape Town

No I do not

Electricity

2025-08-13 08:16:42 +02:00

Jane

Tokai

No I do not

Property rates

The increases in rates and this ridiculous cleaning charge are unsustainable for many households. The middle class is already overburdened and basing these charges on property value means you are punishing people who bought homes when they were affordable before property prices ballooned out of control. It isn't a true reflection of the property owner's ability to afford such increases

2025-08-13 08:15:07 +02:00

Jane

Edenglen

No I do not

Property rates

2025-08-13 07:55:38 +02:00

Vanessa

No I do not

Other

All of the above is excessive

2025-08-13 07:55:26 +02:00

Ockert

Albertinia

No I do not

Electricity

2025-08-13 06:32:34 +02:00

David

No I do not

Other

All of above concerns.

How long must the citizens fund the looting, stealing and incompetent mismanagement by corrupt government officials??????

2025-08-13 00:28:33 +02:00

Terry

Longdown

No I do not

Electricity

It is unreasonable, to keep hiking our water & electricity, to recover fraudulent monies spent by Municipalities!

2025-08-12 23:04:04 +02:00

Ingrid

Johannesburg

No I do not

Electricity

Our bill has recently gone up with R1000 which is a significant increase and burden on household expenses. As a citizen I feel exploited and trapped in a system where we don't have an option of service providers. We are forced to pay excessive rates, regardless of whether increases are just and relative to the interest rate hikes. Disheartening and shocking, especially considering that the city does not even take care.of our local park.

2025-08-12 21:57:22 +02:00

Denise

No I do not

Other

2025-08-12 17:18:36 +02:00

Paola

No I do not

Property rates

2025-08-12 16:15:12 +02:00

Abdool

Georginia

No I do not

Other

My concern is all of the above

2025-08-12 08:46:50 +02:00

Jan

Wierda Park

No I do not

Property rates

In crease is too high