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<p style="line-height:15.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235">Dear valued account holder</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#393D40">From 1 July 2025, the City of Cape Town’s new budget year starts and rates and tariffs are adjusted. This income is used to provide services. We thank our residents and customers
for the support and payments to ensure that we remain a service-delivery-strong and future-fit metro.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#393D40">The City’s
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Invested in Hope</span></em> Budget for 2025/26 puts our metro firmly on the path of building a city of hope for all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#393D40">The two key features of this budget are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">more infrastructure investment for a better city, with an SA-record R40 billion capital budget over three years especially in water, waste, roads and energy;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#393D40;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">and more investment for a safer city, with over 700 new officers including, for the first time, dedicated neighbourhood policing in every single ward.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235">Following two rounds of meaningful public participation, the final revised budget not only protects households under R2,5 million as it was
designed to do, but also expands relief to more homes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235">This is made possible while still retaining the full planned investment in sustainable service delivery and urgent infrastructure priorities, including
major water, sanitation, roads, electricity, and public amenity upgrades.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235">EXPANDED RELIEF MEASURES ADOPTED</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">‘First R450 000 rates-free’ benefit extended</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> to all homes up to R7 million property valuation (up from R5 million)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2E3235;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">More pensioners and social grant recipients to benefit</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Qualifying threshold raised to R27 000 monthly income per household (from R22 000), regardless of property value, SA’s widest threshold for pensioner support.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">100% rebate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">up to R10 000 monthly household income (up from R7 500)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">50% rebate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">up to R20 000<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">20% rebate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">10% rebate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">up to the new R27 000 maximum income threshold.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Significantly <strong>
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">reduced City-wide Cleaning charges</span></strong> for all residential properties under R20 million compared to the initial draft budget tabled in March. The Rebate for Pensioner and Social Grant Recipients now also
allows for up to 100% off cleaning charges.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2E3235;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lower fixed water charges</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> for property value bands between R1 million and R25 million compared to the March draft
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Special debt write-off for historic debt</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. Qualifying beneficiaries may include:
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pensioners and social grant recipients with debt older than a year<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2E3235;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Various types of civic and non-profit organisations with debt older than a year<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2E3235;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Registered indigent customers<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2E3235;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Residents of City rental stock and BNG housing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2E3235;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Owners of properties up to R7 million with historical debt or interest accumulating on their debt<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2E3235;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Those with outstanding debts on final accounts older than one year (instead of three years)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235">ELECTRICITY PRICE RELIEF AND CITY-WIDE CLEANING</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235">
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">From 1 July, the per unit cost for electricity is going
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">down</span></strong> for customers on the Home User Tariff.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2E3235;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Domestic Tariff customers will also
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">pay less</span></strong> per unit on Energy Block 2, and relatively the same on Energy Block 1 as in 2024/25.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2E3235;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This relief compensates for increased fixed charges and is made possible by discontinuing the practice of including a contribution to city-wide cleaning services in the cost of each electricity unit.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2E3235;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">City-wide cleaning will now be a standalone charge displayed transparently on the monthly bill and will no longer be paid via electricity purchases as it has been for decades.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2E3235;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4">
<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Special ‘Lifeline’ electricity protection</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> also continues for indigent households and pensioners. Lifeline customers
using 600 units will still pay roughly the same in 2025 as they did three years ago in 2022/23.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235">FIXED CHARGES LINKED TO PROPERTY VALUE</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235">The tariffs have a fixed and a usage component. This is to help cover the cost of service provision. It costs the City the same to supply a service and
keep the municipal infrastructure maintained whether more or less is used. However, customers can benefit from using less as this will reduce the monthly costs. The final budget retains the cross-subsidisation from higher income to lower income households
to cover the cost of sustainable service delivery via the fixed charge components of the tariffs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235">The only alternative to property value determining fixed contributions to infrastructure and fixed service costs, is for everyone to pay a flat charge
regardless of whether you are low-income or affluent. This is neither a sustainable nor fair way to fund infrastructure investment and other fixed costs related to service delivery.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235">All ratepayers can be assured that households at all levels of the property value spectrum do contribute their fair share within their means under the
tariff structure for 2025/26.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235">THANK YOU</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235">Thank you for your valuable monthly contribution to ensuring Cape Town remains South Africa’s City of Hope.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235">Cape Town has the highest payment ratio of all metros in South Africa. This is in part due to the good governance, unique clean audit achievements and
the trust that our customers and residents place in us to enhance service delivery, to create a future-fit City with a zero-tolerance approach toward corruption and fraud.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:15.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235">LOWEST MONTHLY BILLS</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235">Cape Town further maintains the lowest monthly bills among South Africa’s cities based on a comparison of tabled budgets for 2025/26.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235">While property values may be higher in Cape Town, a R1 million asset holds the same value regardless of location.
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The difference is that in Cape Town, the municipal account for this home will be the lowest in the country, and the asset is more likely to grow in value</span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235">In summary, while ratepayers pay more in other cities and get failing services and infrastructure in return, here in Cape Town they pay lower bills and
get a functional, successful city in return.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235">While the City has its challenges and areas to improve, we are working hard to ensure Cape Town is an even better place to live in future.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:15.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235">COMMERCIAL ELECTRICITY CUSTOMERS</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235">The City will allow commercial customers more time to adapt to the phased-introduction of the City-wide Cleaning Tariff. Therefore, in 2025/26 commercial
customers in particular will continue to contribute to funding the city-wide cleaning service in the way they currently do - via a percentage of their electricity price.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235">For a
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">summary of the budget and tariffs</span></strong>, see the advert (</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="https://cityofcapetown.evlink19.net/servlet/link/28659/133835/61731485/715751" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0098C5;text-decoration:none">English</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E3235">
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