MUNICIPALITIES are expected to be self-funding and municipal revenue is raised from three main sources: electricity and water provision, and property rates.

Rates income is used to pay for a wide range of public services, from the maintenance of roads and traffic control, to providing public parks, libraries, clinics, recreation centres and other similar services for the public.

All property owners – both those who own freehold properties and Sectional Title holders – must pay property rates. Property rates are a City tax based on the market value of properties, which are recorded in the General Valuation Roll. This is supported by the City’s Rates Policy . Both are informed by the Municipal Property Rates Act (MPRA).

Each year, during its budget process, the City determines the rates tariffs for the new financial year. This is called the rate in the Rand. It makes no major loss or surplus out of rates income; the various rates in the Rand only cover the likely costs of providing public services.

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