{"id":1084,"date":"2025-04-14T12:34:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T10:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glosderrycid.co.za\/wordpress\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2025-06-06T15:30:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T13:30:46","slug":"the-city-of-cape-town-draft-budget-2025-2026-comment-period-is-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glosderrycid.co.za\/wordpress\/up-for-your-review\/the-city-of-cape-town-draft-budget-2025-2026-comment-period-is-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: The City of Cape Town Draft Budget 2025-2026 comment period is open until 13 June"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>June 2025 update<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NOTICE OF EXTENSION: DRAFT BUDGET 2025\/26 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PERIOD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Following thorough consideration of all inputs received, the City has proposed several key amendments. Interested parties may view the draft budget in full and comment on the amendments between 28 May and 13 June 2025. Should any comments made during the initial public participation period not have been addressed, you are welcome to comment again. Please visit www.capetown.gov.za for the full amended draft budget documents and any supporting material. The residential calculator has also been updated to reflect the proposed amendments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/resource.capetown.gov.za\/documentcentre\/Documents\/Forms,%20notices,%20tariffs%20and%20lists\/Draft_Budget_May2025_English.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wid.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250604-WA0003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2129\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/capetown.gov.za\/HaveYourSay\">Visit www.capetown.gov.za\/HaveYourSay to comment<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>April 2025 article<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City of Cape Town <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> 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 <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 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Total Budget \u2013 R84,1 bn for 2025\/26<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A budget of R84,1 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 size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/glosderrycid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation02-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glosderrycid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation02-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/glosderrycid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation02-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/glosderrycid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation02-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/glosderrycid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation02-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/glosderrycid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation02-847x476.jpg 847w, https:\/\/glosderrycid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation02.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Budget Summary &amp; Documentation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The City of Cape Town&#8217;s 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 <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&#8217;s 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capetown.gov.za\/budget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.capetown.gov.za\/budget<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/glosderrycid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation9-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glosderrycid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation9-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/glosderrycid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation9-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/glosderrycid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation9-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/glosderrycid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation9-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/glosderrycid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation9-847x476.jpg 847w, https:\/\/glosderrycid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation9.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">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&#8217;s Tariff structure, as outlined by Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis below, bringing &#8220;meaningful relief to lower income households in particular&#8221;, while facilitating to &#8220;help the City to invest in infrastructure and service delivery long into the future&#8221;.<\/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=\"847\" height=\"476\" 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 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Property Rates Increase of 7.96%<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>While Cape Town sees a rates increase of 7.96%, Cape Town&#8217;s property rates remain the lowest across South Africa, for residential, commercial and industrial property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This increase, says Hill-Lewis is &#8220;mainly to fund a massive new roll-out of over 500 additional law-enforcement and metro police officers to every ward in our City&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rates &amp; Tariff Calculator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also use the City&#8217;s&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-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"1077\" 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data-id=\"1083\" src=\"https:\/\/glosderrycid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation23-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glosderrycid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation23-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/glosderrycid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation23-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/glosderrycid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation23-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/glosderrycid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation23-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/glosderrycid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation23-847x476.jpg 847w, https:\/\/glosderrycid.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Draftbudget2526Overview_Presentation23.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Comment on the Draft Budget by Friday, 2 May 2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Comments can be submitted via email at&nbsp;budget.comments@capetown.gov.za, online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capetown.gov.za\/collaborate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.capetown.gov.za\/collaborate<\/a>; or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capetown.gov.za\/HaveYourSay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.capetown.gov.za\/HaveYourSay<\/a> or at sub-council offices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 2025 update: NOTICE OF EXTENSION: DRAFT BUDGET 2025\/26 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PERIOD Following thorough consideration of all inputs received, the City has proposed several key amendments. Interested parties may view the draft budget in full and comment on the amendments between 28 May and 13 June 2025. 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