Huge increases proposed in the City's budget

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Mike, the City of Cape Town has proposed substantial tariff increases in the proposed budget. Having problems? webversion or unsubscribe instantly Substantial increases proposed in the budget - the City has asked for your input Dear Mike The City of Cape Town has tabled a draft budget for 2018/19 and has strongly urged citizens to provide input and comment through a Public Participation Process before the budget is adopted. The Mayor is requesting all representatives to conduct public meetings to explain the increases to us. These increases will directly affect your pocket so we've made it easy for you to have your say. Mike, you are therefore encouraged to have your say on our website and add your voice to the thousands of people who will be affected by these substantial increases. There are are a number of critical increases which will affect you directly Mike - have a look. If you don’t take any action, your inaction will be regarded as tacit agreement with the increases. This is extremely urgent as closing date is 4 May 2018. Mike click here now to take action The proposed water tariff increase is 26.96%. The proposed sanitation tariff increase is 26.96%. The proposed electricity municipal tariff increase is 8.14% over and above Eskom's upcoming 30% increase. The proposed rates increase is 7,2% which is substantially above the current annual inflation rate of around 4.4% The proposed refuse tariff increase is 5,7% and is also above the current annual inflation rate of around 4.4%. Mike click to comment now Be an Active Citizen, participate and take control of your democracy. Wishing you all the best and looking forward to chatting again soon. Sandra P.S. DearCapeTown is not part of any political party and receives no funding. We do this because we care about our City and her people. Should you want to exclude yourself from any future public participation, please click unsubscribe at the end of this email. We hope you will choose to stay. forward to a friend You have received this email because you have subscribed to Dear Cape Town as mik...@gmail.com. If you no longer wish to receive emails please unsubscribe © 2018 Dear Cape Town, All rights reserved