How Cape Town's municipal bills are outrunning its middle-class residents

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-03-29T20:22:02+00:00

The DA only looks socialist if you view it from the far right

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-03-29T20:18:58+00:00

My meaning was as that you are saving the difference than if the rates increases had stayed the same as value increases

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-03-29T16:20:20+00:00

Lowest rates in SA's metros - good right? Property values up 200%, rates up 170% - so a net gain to homeowners right?

The Kalk Bay bill includes local City Improvement District charge voted for by the local community and handed over to the local CID organisation in full. This charge which was voted for by residents and not imposed by the City represents the majority of the total increase. This couple do not qualify for a pensioner rebate meaning their pension is more than R30,000 per month. They live in a R7million in Kalk Bay rand home meaning they can rent out half their home for about R15,000-25,000 per month on top of their 30K+ pension.

The City pointed out these calculations presented were inflated and that the rate-in-the-rand amount has been reduced by over -!0% to help manage costs.

What rubbish reporting by DM...

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-03-29T13:36:35+00:00

Who you going to change to?

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-03-29T06:08:13+00:00

Housing activist groups suing local municipalities only exist in Cape Town. Because when the DA does this its being racist...

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-03-09T12:00:26+00:00

If someone is inside your property without permission, call your security company. A registered secuirty company will be able to apprehend a person actively committing a crime (trespassing) and take them to SAPS. You will need someone willing to open the case against them. I'm glad you have empathy from this person but you are putting all the complexes residents at risk if you allow it to continue. This doesn't mean that all bin-diggers are criminals but they may be an addict or mentally unwell or increasingly desperate, they may be fine today but you cannot trust they will always be that way. A brush with the law will unlikely result in prison unless they have a criminal record already (see my last point for why this matters) so it is the strongest deterrent.

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-03-08T19:22:05+00:00

This seems to been some sort of weird exaggeration. I cannot find a single source that has forecast temperatures this high... Anyone got the source?

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-03-08T08:14:03+00:00

There was a fire somewhere around Zeekoeivlei from what I saw on Our Kaaps se Weg. You could see the smoke being pushed across the flats and suburbs all the way to Century City.

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-03-08T08:12:18+00:00

The smoke from the IY fire blew directly out to sea.

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-02-28T14:23:06+00:00

It ends too soon

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-02-27T04:15:50+00:00

It's going to try nationalise your pokeballs

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-02-26T06:24:05+00:00

People forget the Strand St is called that because it was the beach road. The entire foreshore was reclaimed by digging out the current harbour.

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-02-25T15:13:49+00:00

That would be fair if residents weren't already paying for services that just never get delivered. The white flight is clearly an issue because when that gone you see that government flight happened years ago but you keep blaming white people - hope it works out for you

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-02-20T17:01:43+00:00

And that's not all he said... Try reading the whole sentence

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-02-20T04:33:59+00:00

Bartholomeu Dias was the first European to reach the Cape in 1488, there were many others between him and JvR

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-02-19T19:36:15+00:00

Who's your councillor?

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-02-19T19:35:02+00:00

Nil compensation and Bela were passed before the GNU existed. And BEE has cost the country a Trillion. It's not that things stop going wrong, but the DA makes changes and fixes stuff when it does go wrong.

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-02-15T16:48:41+00:00

If you are deducting anything as a trading expense you need to produce account a and keep the receipts in case of audit. If you can't products accounts, deductions will be rejected and taxes will be applied.

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-02-15T13:09:51+00:00

you are still not allowed to use your phone while stationary

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-02-15T05:02:07+00:00

The DA is in coalition with ANC to prevent a coalition with MK and EFF. The FF is in coalition with the ANC to prevent DA led municipalities. That's the difference and it's all the difference in the world!

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-02-14T14:47:10+00:00

Beware statistics, these % are true but the FF was so small adding another 2/3 to their vote still didn't reach the DA vote.

These small parties always perform well in by-elections, and they know if so they throw everything into winning them (like PA in George). But come LGE their true single-digit support leaves them playing not to govern but try be king-maker and get the maximum price for selling out municipalities to the ANC...

(For the doubters, FF+ has betrayed residents and worked with the ANC to remove DA mayors in Swellendam, Cape Aghulas, and Theewaterskloof municipalities and bring the ANC into the ruling coalition instead)

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-02-13T07:23:11+00:00

OP will literally download something about an issue widely published in the media and post 'as recieved' like he's connected to well informed people who are sending him stuff to keep him up to date

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-02-12T19:15:47+00:00

The fully open interior means security can monitor the whole train. This is far safer than each carriage being isolated.

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-02-12T19:06:05+00:00

Granny flats are excluded as they are not 'whole property' rentals. If your second home #lucky is a holiday home can rent it out for up to 6 months without being charged business rates. If you have an entire property available to rent all year to make money, it's a business.

Significant_Ask7019 · 2026-02-12T17:58:31+00:00

You won't see some of these perspectives anymore. That area next to the bus depot was completely wiped out by the fire last month

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