Covid-19
City of Cape Town’s refusal to offer rates reprieve stirs discontent within DA
The Cape Chamber of Commerce has also weighed on the matter, saying small businesses have been hit hard by the pandemic
29 March 2020 - 19:30
There is growing discontent within the DA after the City of Cape Town, which it controls, flatly rejected calls for it to grant residents a rates payment holiday to cushion them against the Covid-19 economic fallout.
City officials are not accountable to the DA as a political party, but must answer to the council...
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