Object to the Draft 2025-26 budget for Cape Town

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#1402

These increases are like a wealth tax that most people cannot afford

Steve Morkel (2025-04-24)

#1407

Current CPI is standing at 2%. This is a anti poor increase from the DA.

The best way to loose voters is to implement these increases with most of the population being unemployed meaning you will not get the funds anyway and the courts are fully booked for the next 8 years should you try and force people to pay and you (DA) will still not get paid. You (DA) are wasting our money, time and resources... be realistic.

Jerome Calvert (2025-04-24)

#1408

The increase is unrealistic, stemming from mismanagement and abuse by officials.
Shame on you "working for the people(Cape Town)".

Raynow Becker (2025-04-24)

#1409

I'm signing because I support the issues outlined above. Tying the cost of services to the value of a property is unfair, unjust, and inequitable. You might be justified in trying costs to weight of waste, or use of water, but not alleged sale value of property.

Gail Jennings (2025-04-24)

#1420

I am a potential property owner, and with housing already being so overwhelmingly expensive, one has to realistically look at the expenses around buying a property.

Judith Schutte (2025-04-24)

#1422

I an signing because continual targetting of those with means is just unacceptable!!!!

Peter Dugmore (2025-04-24)

#1424

As a Sassa pensioner I cannot afford such an exorbitant increase in rates as I am bearly surviving on my pension.

Wendy-Anne Jansen (2025-04-24)

#1429

Old people who have lived for ages in the area can’t afford to keep up with the hikes will be forced out of their homes

Candice Hatting (2025-04-24)

#1431

Unacceptable and unethical

E Botha (2025-04-24)

#1435

The increases are far more than inflation! The City Wide Cleaning level is unacceptable, what will be paid with this?
The Home Usage charge is increasing by a staggering 39%, how can this be?

Lizelle Olivier (2025-04-24)

#1441

the proposed tariffs are ridiculous and will not be accepted by capetonian residents who have been born and bred in a city now trying to extort us in yet another money grab attempt.

Rugayah Abrahams (2025-04-24)

#1442

As a retired person one cannot afford the unjustifiable increases and the linking of so-called service charge to property value. The service costs the same, no matter the property value; so it's irrational, and VAT on that will amount to a tax on a tax.

Phillip Collins (2025-04-24)

#1449

Overkilling the golden goose with too many envisaged projects at a bad time. What’s the rush?

Karin Ingwersen-Auret (2025-04-24)

#1451

I cannot accept the fact that the DA can target the wealthy to clean the city when in fact the people who make the mess do not live in ZAR10m houses! Also the fact that they don't collect electricity income from non-payers!! This is unjust redistribution

Andrew Rissik (2025-04-24)

#1454

My rates and taxes are already excessive. These proposed taxes will make it impossible to keep up with payments.

Joelle Naude (2025-04-24)

#1455

The rate increases are unaffordable, we will not be able to pay them. We vannot accept such ridiculour increases when we are supplying half the population for free.

Leigh Spence (2025-04-24)

#1461

I am currently unable to even afford ford to keep monthly bill payments, This increase will force us to sell our house and increase our risk of insolvency. this bill will cause more economic destruction. The DA is trying to eliminate the middle class for what good?

Chezlin Ferguson (2025-04-24)

#1463

Cost of living is too high already and we are a single income household. It's not affordable to live here anymore

Deborah le Roux (2025-04-24)

#1464

If you want to increase our rates then let us see the benefits. Like by kicking out the free loaders at the back of The emporium and in the islands of the M3. If all the undocumented/ illegals are repatriated back to their countries amazing how much space there would be left and less “ cleaning”. If you publicly said that you would give half this money to all the animal welfare then I would also agree. Let’s look after the animals as that is already using us private people’s resources. Get rid of the illegals Trump style. Support animal welfare. Don’t just say it do it

Annette Cartwright (2025-04-24)

#1465

I'm signing because I can't afford these increases.

Cathy Wynn (2025-04-24)

#1466

I am completing an objection. It does come across as quite hypocritical to claim victory on no VAT increase, and then try levy 30% increases on rates. If national government must cut expenditure to make the books balance, then so should the COCT. Nothing more than an inflationary increase is justifiable imo.

Jelena Dokmanovic (2025-04-24)

#1467

the rates increases are nowhere in line with salary increases nor do the city provide some of the services paid for especially since there have been multiple issues with these service deliveries and requests to rectify have been ignored.

Riyaaz Dalvie (2025-04-24)

#1472

The rates increase is unjustified and way above inflation. This is not sustainable for residents.

Kirsty Dyer (2025-04-24)

#1473

I am signing this because I cannot afford any extra charges on the municipal accounts. I am already paying for rubbish removal, that I use only once in 5 weeks, I recycle, compost etc. I am 65 years old with a possible SASSA pension one day, still working to afford the municipal bills and bond repayments. My food is the tiniest amount I need on a monthly basis. It is not fair to increase any rates for the small man in the street while the rich get richer. We do not receive the services we pay for as it is and are now expected to pay even more. I will not be able to stay on in my house at this rate.

Ursula Körber (2025-04-24)

#1479

I'm signing because the continual annual increase on the combined charges on our municipal accounts continues to be over 6% more than the base inflation rate. This is unsustainable and requires the City to relook at their budget and be more in line with current realities. A 6 or 7 percent increase is more palatable.

Peter Hawksley (2025-04-24)

#1480

Objection to 30% rates increase, higher than the current rate of inflation 3.2%, unsustainable

Kim Pennington (2025-04-24)

#1481

This draft budget is ridiculous, and unaffordable!

Herman Oosthuizen (2025-04-24)

#1485

I am a nurse living in constantia on a nurses salary and cannot afford an increase as nurses have not been giving adequate increases . I pay my taxes and only live very humbly in an old house along the freeway with all the squatters and litter around we have to pay a lot of money towards private security firms for our safety as the city is unable to ensure our safety

Jennifer Du Toit (2025-04-24)

#1489

Excessive rates increase

Stephen Shear (2025-04-24)

#1490

I'm signing, because my VALUATIONS has nothing to do with the fixed charges for water and sanitation. The same size water pipe, the same main water supply, the same sewerage line, is going to my neighbours but I must pay more because my house is worth more. NOT FAIR.

George Wolfaardt (2025-04-24)

#1492

I’m signing because I am already struggling to pay my rates as it is ( the municipal valuations are inflated ) and with another increase on top of an already unfair/ inflated valuation, I don’t know how I’m going to be able to cope.

Serena Zietsman (2025-04-24)

#1496

This increase is unaffordable.

Dianne Higgs (2025-04-24)

#1498

Increases are unaffordable

Wendy Whittaker (2025-04-24)

#1500

Object to increases based on property value.. should only be based on consumption. A small household worth more will end up paying more which is constitutionally unfair, there is no rational basis to use property value. In any event the median house price will result in increases far in excess of inflation and burden those that do pay. I willno longer be voting for the DA and will vote PA in future elections.

Grant Lund (2025-04-24)

#1505

If this happens, i will be forced to change my vote in future

Lee De Witt (2025-04-24)

#1513

The increase is not in line with inflation and unaffordable

Jenny Paverd Jenny Paverd (2025-04-24)

#1516

Charges should be related to the cost of the provision of service. It costs the same to empty the refuse bin at a R1 mill property as it does to empty the bin at a R5 mill property. Charges should be related to usage and not property values.

Christopher Bennett (2025-04-24)

#1522

Rates are already too high as they are. I pay over R10,000 per month as it is!

James Pullicino (2025-04-24)

#1530

Not only are the facts above glaringly obvious but also it seems the City has forgotten that they insisted on the formation of the BBMPOA who collect an additional 9,75% levy annually from all prop owners to CLEAN THEIR OWN STREETS, do their own landscaping, etc. This budget is shockingly inequitable and blatantly fund raising for infrastructure project at zero interest from existing ratepayers while the influx from elsewhere continues. Meantime sewers, pump stations and long overdue projects are still not complete. Creating street sweeping jobs and bragging about creating the most employment in the country is really disgusting political play at the expense of those who pay salaries to hear this nonsense.
Moving everything to the VATABLE side of the bill is also a shocker. Where in all of this budget were they actually considering the good of ALL Capetonians?

Georgia Kostiris (2025-04-24)

#1535

Totally unrealistic budget and just a new way to tax the people.

Lee Luyt (2025-04-24)

#1536

It is absurd beyond belief to even propose a rate increase of 30%. Where do you believe the average person is getting this money from? Did the people who drew up this budget get their salaries increased by 30%? If this is the DAs way of trying to attract the poorer people beware because you need Constantia residents to vote for you too. Already we are subsidising a large majority of Cape Town which I am happy with but stop shooting yourselves in the foot

Lynn Semple (2025-04-24)

#1537

Funds used to upgrade non rate paying and illegal immigrants areas are been carried by the same tax paying residents and additional sources of income for the city need to be found other than the same pool of people constantly getting hammered for money

Mark Sproston (2025-04-24)

#1541

Rates increase is far to high and I'm a pensioner

Debbie Dunn (2025-04-24)

#1558

The DA fights half a percent increase in
VAT but wants to push through a rates increase well above inflation! This after a hefty increase in electricity fixed costs! You will lose my vote!

Hans Uriot (2025-04-24)

#1562

Rate hikes are unrealistic and above market inflation

Belinda Mallitte (2025-04-24)

#1564

I'm signing because I'm opposed to the City of Cape Town's proposed 2025 increase of our monthly rates and taxes.

Ryan Hall (2025-04-24)

#1565

I am a Pensioner with a small motley income and cannot afford there bloated levies and extra ta, es that the DA wants to force on us

Nico Jooste (2025-04-24)

#1571

These increases are unreasonable and unsustainable for over 65's

Meredith Lawson (2025-04-24)

#1573

As a pensioner I simply cannot afford these increases!!!

Gert Knoetze (2025-04-24)

#1579

Taxing the same pool of people repeatedly, will drain us in no time. Many, not happy about these increases in tarrifs. COCT milking the middle class. Stop COCT from being a cash cow. Civics and Residents MUST stand together on this. And Push Back!

Glorya van Niekerk (2025-04-24)

#1591

The Council pays no attention to the homeowners' concerns. They are arrogant and a law unto themselves.

Brian van der Vijver (2025-04-24)

#1594

Cannot afford this increase.

Marius/Leona van Taak (2025-04-24)

#1597

The increases are excessive and unaffordable.

Petro Brink (2025-04-24)

#1598

We have already had to cut essential groceries and medicines as the continuously high increases in electricity and groceries leave s with so little. The increases and additional costs will make it unbearable for home owners and will cause major financial strain causes some to have to rather sell their property

Gail Marr (2025-04-24)



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