The property base of the City of Johannesburg has increased 12% to R1.59-trillion in the past five years, paving the way for possible rate and tax increases for the metro’s 6-million residents.

Residents are already hard-pressed, struggling to recover from the national Covid-19 lockdowns and load-shedding. They have also been complaining strenuously about the council’s poor service delivery...

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