EDITORIAL | Hats off to Joburg mayor for taking charge, but how did it come to this?
How was this crazy scenario with schools not foreseen when the amendments to the Municipal Property Rates Act were proposed and approved?
22 August 2022 - 20:32
Joburg mayor Mpho Phalatse should be applauded for intervening in the unreasonably high rates bills that hit public and private schools when the new financial year started. At the end of July,741 private schools and 921 state schools were affected when the amended Municipal Property Rates Act came into effect. The new law scrapped the education classification that applied to schools, reclassifying state schools as public service properties and private schools as businesses. ..
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