Tshwane Municipality council passes 2025/26 budget, new tariffs & rates to kick in from July
JOHANNESBURG - The Tshwane Municipality council has passed its budget for the 2025/26 financial year.
This is the first annual budget passed by the African National Congress (ANC)-led multiparty coalition since it was formed last October.
The Tshwane council met on Thursday for a vote on the budget.
Tshwane Speaker Mncedi Ndzwanana announced the results of the budget vote in council on Thursday.
"Honourable councillors, the City of Tshwane 2025/26 budget has now been passed, with 113 councillors in favour."
The budget will introduce a new city cleansing levy of R194 a month.
The levy is targeted at properties that use private waste collection services.
Finance MMC Eugene Modise said that proceeds from the levy would be used to revitalise the capital's deteriorating 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."
The new tariffs and rates take effect from 1 July.
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