URGENT: Objections to the new draft budget due Friday 13th at 16:00 Dear members, CoCT has published a revised draft budget after massive public outcry, including via the petition that many of you signed. Some relief has now been provided: R450k property rate rebate is now applied up to R7m…
Dear homeowner, You may have heard about the new budget for the City of Cape Town, possibly through messaging by the city council about how good it is doing. What they are not telling you is that you will probably be facing a 20-30% increase starting July 1st 2025. The…
NRPA concerned about draft MPBL proposal – information for residents CoCT published a new 2024 Draft Amendment to the Municipal Planning By-Law (MPBL) last month (links at the bottom of this article). The sweeping changes that are proposed have led to a lot of commotion across the city, and NRPA…
CoCT has published their draft 2024/25 budget, including the tariffs for all service delivery starting on July 1st 2024. The period for comments runs until April 30th 2024. NRPA will be engaging with CoCT on the in our eyes outrageous tariffs imposed on conservancy tank owners, as well as any…
Chapman’s Peak Estate and Cape Point Vineyards winery environmental concerns: update Chapman’s Peak Estate NEAG comment on Environmental concerns at Amdec Noordhoek Site feb 24 2024_02_22_To NEAG_Chapmans Peak Estate_Noordhoek_Response letter_2001_22B Residents have raised concerns about the kaolin mudslides (last winter) and dust storms (this summer and last week) emanating from…
Free PSHB training The City is offering free training sessions about the invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer beetle (PSHB) to formal and informal businesses, which handle trees and plant material. The training sessions are in Strand and Masiphumelele.
The City of Cape Town will be conducting a large-scale socio-economic household survey across Cape Town to understand our residents and communities better. This will inform our planning decisions to better address residents’ needs. The Cape Town Household Survey 2024 will begin on Friday 16th February. Interviewers will visit 10…
The City’s CFO has approved the extension of the due date for pensioners to apply for rates rebates, from 31 August 2023, to 30 November 2023. In terms of the City’s Rates Policy, the CFO has the discretion to extend the dates, which he has done to ensure that more of…
Residents living below Main Road are generally not connected to the council sewage infrastructure. Instead, they rely on septic tanks and soak aways or on conservancy tanks for the collection and treatment of their sewage. NRPA published a document on these systems if you want to read more about them…
The City of Cape Town’s approved budget 2023/24, approved review of the integrated development plan (IDP) and approved 2023/24 amendments to the 2022 – 2027 IDP, including changes to the corporate municipal entities and circular 88 (C88) scorecard. Click here to view
