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Civil society asks if former incumbent Floyd Brink is as good as it gets for the troubled Johannesburg City Council.

The City is helping residents with their municipal debt and encourages customers to make use of the support available to lighten the load, increase the culture of payment and make sure the metro’s debt levels stay stable to enable service delivery.

The ANC has resolved, once again, to try to fix local government ahead of the upcoming elections. And once again, it is overwhelmingly likely to fail, mainly through the actions of its own members.

For the first time in South Africa’s history, the financial health of the nation’s municipalities will take centre stage on a national platform, not for criticism but for celebration.

A legal battle in Cape Town between property owners and the City will clarify what municipalities can charge residents.

In separate key judgments handed down last month, both the North and South Gauteng High Courts ruled against the imposition of unlawful and irrational municipal cleaning levies implemented by Tshwane and Johannesburg – much to the relief of property owners.

The date for the urgent court challenge to City of Cape Town’s three tariffs linked to property rates, has been set for 17 and 18 September in the Western Cape division of the High Court.

Join our very own Christo Bokhorst who will be discussing valuing of student accommodation on the SAIV webinar on the 20th August 2025.

The City of Ekurhuleni calls property owners who qualify for rates exemption or rebates to apply as the current exemptions and rebates will expire with the current evaluation roll on 30 June 2025.

Building owners in South Africa have only five more months to register for new energy performance certificates by the 7 December 2025 deadline.

A revised Council for the Built Environment (CBE) Bill is set to be introduced in Parliament, aimed at giving the Council stronger investigative powers, consolidating regulatory functions, and establishing it as a single, more effective regulator for South Africa’s built environment.

SAPOA is challenging the legality of the city-wide cleaning tariff and the basic fixed water and sanitation charges linked to property values.

The South African Property Owners Association (Sapoa) has brought an urgent application in the Western Cape Division of the High Court to have three tariffs implemented by the City of Cape Town on 1 July reviewed and set aside.

The City of Tshwane has officially wrapped up the capturing of all objections submitted for the 2025–2029 General Valuation Roll (GV2025)

Approximately 17 000 objections from ratepayers were received following the release of the 5th General Valuation Roll for the period 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2029.