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Article: No rates appeals board yet.(News)
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- Sunday Tribune (South Africa)
- Article date:
- July 19, 2009
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BYLINE: MATTHEW SAVIDES
ABOUT 5 000 Durban ratepayers may be paying inflated rates bills because their properties were incorrectly valued by eThekwini Municipality more than a year ago.
And now that the increases for the 2009/10 year have come into effect, these ratepayers will be paying even more.
This while the property appeals board for the eThekwini metro region has yet to be established, despite assurances that it would be operating by July 1. It appears unlikely the board will be in place before September.
About 52 000 objections to property valuations were lodged with the municipality, all of which have been dealt with.
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