The withholding of rates and taxes in five local municipalities

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2010

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Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape

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The Community Law Centre, in partnership with the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and SALGA, recently completed a research project on the phenomenon of rates withholding in five South African municipalities. 'Rates withholding' is the practice by ratepayers of withholding their property rates and, in some cases, fees for municipal services because they believe that municipalities are not delivering. We argue that this practice, though less visible than service delivery protests, is equally destructive.

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Powell, D. May, A. and Ntliziywana, P. 2010. The withholding of rates and taxes in five local municipalities. Local Government Bulletin, 12(4) 9-12