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The 2025/26 Budget adopted by the City of Cape Town in 26 June 2025 has, since publication of its first draft in March 2025, elicited a substantial public response, most of which was severely critical of the budget. Since publication of the first draft of the Budget, SAPOA has engaged with the City throughout the budget adoption process, highlighting serious legal concerns which SAPOA had regarding the proposed Budget.
These concerns focused on three key areas:
• Introduction of a city-wide cleaning tariff;
• Introduction of a basic fixed sanitation charge linked to property values; and
• Amending the basic fixed water charge to a fixed charge linked to property value.
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