{"id":2645,"date":"2025-04-10T22:29:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T20:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/airportcid.co.za\/wordpress\/?p=2645"},"modified":"2025-04-10T22:45:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T20:45:30","slug":"the-city-of-cape-town-draft-budget-2025-2026-comment-period-is-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/airportcid.co.za\/wordpress\/?p=2645","title":{"rendered":"The City of Cape Town Draft Budget 2025-2026 comment period is open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City of Cape Town&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capetown.gov.za\/Family%20and%20home\/Meet-the-City\/the-city-budget\/the-citys-budget-2025-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Draft Budget 2025-2026<\/a>&nbsp;is available for comment until 16:30 on Friday, 2 May 2025; and until Thursday, 17 April 2025 for the proposed amendments to the 2022-2027&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capetown.gov.za\/Family%20and%20home\/Meet-the-City\/our-vision-for-the-city\/the-citys-idp-2022-2027\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Integrated Development Plan (IDP)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Total Budget \u2013 R84,1 bn for 2025\/26<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A budget of R 84.1 billion will be spent in the metropolitan area to ensure that services are maintained, improved and expanded, that capital projects are rolled out and that the IDP is implemented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wid.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation02-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2098\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3>Budget Summary &amp; Documentation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The City of Cape Town\u2019s budget reflects its key policy decisions and priorities, determines rates increases and indicates where money will be spent on programmes and services. View the full Draft Budget 2025\/26 with associated documentation on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capetown.gov.za\/Family%20and%20home\/Meet-the-City\/the-city-budget\/the-citys-budget-2025-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">City\u2019s website<\/a>. For a summary of the budget, see the<a href=\"https:\/\/resource.capetown.gov.za\/documentcentre\/Documents\/Graphics%20and%20educational%20material\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;presentation<\/a>&nbsp;and the advert (<a href=\"https:\/\/resource.capetown.gov.za\/documentcentre\/Documents\/Forms%2c%20notices%2c%20tariffs%20and%20lists\/DraftBudget2025-26_Advert.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">English<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/resource.capetown.gov.za\/documentcentre\/Documents\/Forms%2c%20notices%2c%20tariffs%20and%20lists\/DraftBudget2025-26_Advert_Afr.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Afrikaans<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/resource.capetown.gov.za\/documentcentre\/Documents\/Forms%2c%20notices%2c%20tariffs%20and%20lists\/DraftBudget2025-26_Xho.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">isiXhosa<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The documents can also be accessed on the City website from 28 March 2025 at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.capetown.gov.za\/budget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.capetown.gov.za\/budget<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wid.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation9-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"tarriff changes\" class=\"wp-image-2102\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3>Changes to Tariff Structure based on Property Value<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2025\/26 Draft Budget also includes key changes to the City\u2019s Tariff structure, as outlined by Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis below, bringing \u201cmeaningful relief to lower income households in particular\u201d, while facilitating to \u201chelp the City to invest in infrastructure and service delivery long into the future\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These changes include tariffs for electricity, water &amp; sanitation, and refuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/resource.capetown.gov.za\/documentcentre\/Documents\/Forms%2c%20notices%2c%20tariffs%20and%20lists\/DraftBudget2025-26_Advert.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View all tariff information here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The City&#039;s Draft Budget 2025 -2026\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xT1164IO1Os?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3>Property Rates Increase of 7.96%<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>While Cape Town sees a rates increase of 7.96%, Cape Town\u2019s property rates remain the lowest across South Africa, for residential, commercial and industrial property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This increase, says Lewis-Hill is \u201cmainly to fund a massive new roll-out of over 500 additional law-enforcement and metro police officers to every ward in our City\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Rates &amp; Tariff Calculator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also use the City\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web1.capetown.gov.za\/web1\/rtcalc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">calculator<\/a>&nbsp;to work out an estimate of your monthly rates and tariffs.&nbsp;This allows customers to capture their 2024\/25 municipal bill details to estimate the 2025\/26 expected monthly bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wid.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation03-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2099\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a 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src=\"http:\/\/airportcid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2649\" srcset=\"http:\/\/airportcid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2.png 1024w, http:\/\/airportcid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/airportcid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2-768x432.png 768w, http:\/\/airportcid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2-750x422.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/airportcid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/airportcid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2650\" srcset=\"http:\/\/airportcid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3.png 1024w, http:\/\/airportcid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/airportcid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3-768x432.png 768w, http:\/\/airportcid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3-750x422.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/airportcid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-4.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/airportcid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2651\" srcset=\"http:\/\/airportcid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-4.png 1024w, http:\/\/airportcid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-4-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/airportcid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-4-768x432.png 768w, 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(IDP). 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