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How Cape Town's municipal bills are outrunning its middle-class residents

Podcast: Daily Maverick
Published: Mar 30, 2026
Duration seconds: 394
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Summary

Cape Town homeowners who do not qualify for income-linked rebates are paying municipal bills that have significantly outpaced inflation and salary increases over the past decade as a result of spiralling property valuations and a wave of fixed charges that did not exist 10 years ago. Daily Maverick’s Rebecca Davis explains.