Ekurhuleni residents can expect to pay more for municipal rates and services as the city proposes tariff increases for the 2025/2026 financial year.

Despite a decline in service quality across the board, the CoE has proposed the following tariff increases:

• The proposed electricity tariffs across all the tariff structures increase by 11.32%.
• Water tariffs expected to go up by 7%
• Sanitation expected to go up by 10%
• Refuse removal tariff increase is proposed at 6%
• Sundry tariff increases are proposed at 4.4%.
• Assessment rates: They proposed no increase in 2025/26 as a new valuation roll will be implemented on July 1.

The city stated all residential owners will continue to receive assessment rate exemptions on the value of their homes. The first R150 000 is exempted from assessment rates.
Various other grants on assessment rates, such as pensioners’ rebates, a rebate to low-income residents, properties zoned for religious purposes, and free basic services to registered indigent households, will continue in the new financial year.

The free basic services to indigents are aligned with national legislation at 6kl for water and sanitation, and electricity at 50kWh per month.
Registered indigent households will, besides the free 6kl for water and sanitation, and 50kWh of electricity per month, receive additional free 4kl for water and sanitation.

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