Tshwane says revenue generated from new cleansing levy will go towards fixing landfill sites
On Thursday, the Tshwane council passed its annual budget for the 2025 / 2026 financial year.
The budget includes the R194 a month city cleansing levy that will be charged to customers using private waste collection services.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has criticised the new tariff, saying the city is double-charging over-burdened ratepayers since private waste collectors also pay landfill site fees.
However, MMC for Finance Eugene Modise said the current administration is trying to fix issues it inherited from previous DA-led coalition governments.
'We as this executive, went to conduct oversight in all our landfill sites and there is none that have got a lifespan of more than three years as we speak. There is a moratorium that says we cannot apply for landfill sites. All of them, the weighbridges are not functional. Who was in power? What did they do? So, we are going to make sure the landfill sites are fully functional and access controlled.'
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