The Tshwane metro has revised its “cleansing levy” fees, MMC of finance, Mare-Lise Fourie has confirmed.
Fourie said the metro was aware the implementation of the levy was problematic.
The levy is payable to the metro by estates that use a private contractor for refuse removal.
“The metro undertook to refund the levies raised from July and confirmed implementation was postponed to January this year,” she said, adding that customers had already been refunded.
She said levies billed to individual sectional title units instead of the body corporate would also be “corrected”.
“The city cleansing levy must be charged per bin as previously billed to the body corporate,” she said.
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She said the following principles were applicable for the re-introduction of the levy:
Residential:
– Properties valued below R120 000 will be levied R88.99 a month.
– All other residential properties, including sectional title units, will be levied R127.04.
Business/Other properties:
– Property valued below R1 million will be charged R127.04.
– Property valued above R1 million will be charged R2 911.67.
Fourie said 104 092 properties were affected by the levy.
She said during the review, the metro had identified a number of properties that required further inspections to establish relevant facts.
“The process has assisted the finance department in identifying inaccurate accounts and updating the debtor database,” she said.
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Local DA councillor Frik van Wyk said he had received many enquiries about the levy.
He said the levy helped to fund the cleaning of the city.
“I urge residents not to dump illegally or litter,” he said.
“If residents see someone dumping illegally, they must take a picture of the vehicle and send it along with the place/address to the councillor of the area.”
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