Dear ratepayer, All property owners will have received their July rates bill, which contained a nasty surprise in the form of a sharp increase. This communication is to explain what has happened and what the NRPA has done and continues to do on this subject. First let’s look at what…
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 all, Wow, more than 12,000 people signed the petition before yesterday’s deadline, with nearly 400 from Noordhoek. Thank you! As you may have seen/heard in the news, the Mayor made some last minute changes to the draft budget. We are convinced that this petition, which was quoted many times…
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…
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…
Septic and conservancy tank cleaning This is a post in light of recent outcries about outrageous fees being charged by CoCT for the cleaning of septic and conservancy tanks: As posted by NRPA in June 2023, it is unfortunately correct that CoCT no longer provides 6 free tank cleanings a…
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
CoCT 2022 Valuation Roll information evening CoCT recently published the new 2022 Valuation Roll. This is important information for property owners, since property valuations determine the amount of municipal rates that they must pay. While the previous update was in 2018, some properties’ valuations were updated in the years…
2022 Property Valuation Roll CoCT has recently published the new 2022 Valuation Roll. This is important information for property owners, since property valuations determine the amount of municipal rates that they must pay. While the previous update was in 2018, some properties’ valuations were updated in the years after 2018…
General Valuation Roll 2022 live in February CoCT is rolling out a new wave of valuation updates. Early indications are that residents can expect increases. As NRPA we are looking at ways how we can help residents make sure that their valuations are fair and their rates increases are…
