NATIONAL NEWS - Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille says that a proposed new levy is crucial to help fund infrastructure and maintenance water projects.
Some Capetonians could pay between R45 and R60 every month.
The money will also be ploughed into water augmentation programmes set up to manage the drought.
De Lille says that the municipality will consider the poor when debating the move at a council meeting scheduled for Tuesday.
“That’s why we’re looking at the value of the house. If you are taking a house worth R2 million, the proposed drought charge could be R123 per month.”
The mayor says that Capetonians must reduce their water usage to below 87 litres per person per day.
De Lille: Proposed water levy crucial to fund water projects
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Posted on: 08:58 Mon, 04 December 2017
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