NEW TARIFFS FOR EKURHULENI – EFFECTIVE 01 JULY 2022

The City of Ekurhuleni has announced that there will be no increase in assessment rates for any categories of properties for upcoming financial year (2022/23).

The city explains that this is to shield ratepayers from increases associated with the latest valuation roll which came into effect on 1 July 2021.

Sundry tariff increases which come into effect on Friday 1 July 2022 are capped at 4.8% in line with the Consumer Price Index rate. This is somewhat below likely consumer price inflation increases for the next 12 to 24 months.

The refuse removal tariff will increase by 7.0% with the main cost driver being waste management services, with the exception of landfills, which are in essence transport and labour-intensive operations and are therefore sensitive to the substantial and constant increases in the price of the oils and lubricants, fuels, repairs and maintenance of the fleet and labour costs.

Although this service is within the control of the City, there are input costs that are outside our control.

The City also has limited power to control increases for services such as water, sanitation and electricity that rely on bulk service procurement from external utilities – in this case, Rand Water and Eskom.

In this regard the following increases will come into effect for water and electricity:

• Electricity tariff increase – 9,61%; and

• Water and Sanitation tariff increase – 11%.

Loyal paying customers who keep their accounts up to date for six months will receive a 2% rebate credit against their accounts in the 7th month.