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Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda is expected to deliver the city’s consolidated budget, as well as announce property rates, electricity and water price increases for 2024-25, on Friday. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ETHEKWINI MUNICIPALITY TARIFF INCREASES

eThekwini ratepayers want ‘zero’ tariff hikes for battling households

Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda is expected to deliver the city’s consolidated budget, as well as announce property rates, electricity and water price increases for 2024-25, on Friday This…

  • Lyse Comins
1 min read
eThekwini’s ANC mayor, Mxolisi Kaunda. File photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images
ASAD GAFFAR

Durban rates revolt: Tempers flare at meeting with mayor

Angry ratepayers stormed out of a meeting to discuss the reasons for their rates boycott when mayor Mxolisi Kaunda declared it closed

  • Lyse Comins
8 min read
The municipality is the coalface of service delivery — this is where citizens experience value for their votes, taxes and rates. It is one of the single most important spheres of governance, which cannot afford such vulnerability. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images)
ASAD GAFFAR

eThekwini residents declare rates revolt

Angry residents are embarking on the boycott to force the city to confront corruption and mismanagement

  • Lyse Comins
7 min read