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<b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA">Property Valuation
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA">As you might be aware, the City of Cape Town has recently published their General Valuation Roll.
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA">The valuation process takes place every four years and takes into consideration, amongst other things,
the general property market values within a certain suburb of the Municipality.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA">Evergreen has reviewed the General Valuation Roll, via our property valuer consultants from Norman Griffiths
and Associates. We have not simply objected to all property valuations. We have submitted objections to those properties where the valuations are not justifiable based on market related evidence as assessed by the property valuer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA">Regardless of the objections lodged, the new monthly property rates will come into effect on 1 July 2023.
Should the objections be accepted, and the valuations lowered, the City will then back-date any credits to 1 July 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA">The valuation roll may be viewed online at the City of Cape Town website, or alternatively, you may view
the valuation roll at my office.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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