Cape Town homeowners who do not qualify for income-linked rebates are paying municipal bills that have significantly outpaced inflation and salary increases over the past decade as a result of spiralling property valuations and a wave of fixed charges that did not exist 10 years ago. Daily Maverick’s Rebecca Davis explains.
Reporting by: Rebecca Davis
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative lead by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn
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https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-02-22-how-cape-towns-municipal-bills-are-outrunning-its-middleclass-residents/
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-02-26-the-city-of-cape-town-has-valued-your-property-heres-how-to-challenge-it/
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-01-27-help-us-track-cape-towns-housing-crisis/
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