🇿🇦 South Africa 3h ago · Jarryd Westerdale

Cape Town tariff model set aside by court ‘most equitable’ option, says defiant municipality

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Cape Town tariff model set aside by court ‘most equitable’ option, says defiant municipality
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The City of Cape Town has maintained that the tariff model recently set aside by the High Court was the fairest way to fund service delivery.



The court confirmed on Thursday that the municipality’s property-value-based water tariff structure was unlawful and invalid.



While the tariff structure was set aside on 30 June 2026, residents have called for the city to refund the rates collected since the plan was implemented last July.



The order relates to the budget for the coming finan

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