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title: "Watch — How Cape Town's municipal bills are outrunning its middle-class residents"
description: "Cape Town homeowners who do not qualify for income-linked rebates are paying municipal bills that have significantly outpaced inflation and salary increases over the past decade as a result of spiralling property valuations and a wave of fixed charges that did not exist 10 years ago. Daily Maverick’s Rebecca Davis explains."
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author: "Rebecca Davis"
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published: "2026-03-29T20:31:37"
updated: "2026-03-30T08:48:36"
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# Watch — How Cape Town's municipal bills are outrunning its middle-class residents

> Cape Town homeowners who do not qualify for income-linked rebates are paying municipal bills that have significantly outpaced inflation and salary increases over the past decade as a result of spiralling property valuations and a wave of fixed charges that did not exist 10 years ago. Daily Maverick’s Rebecca Davis explains.

By Rebecca Davis · Published 29 March 2026, 22:31 SAST · Updated 30 March 2026, 10:48 SAST

## Content

[YouTube video: "YouTube video"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbuIbkHqKgw)

Reporting by: Rebecca Davis
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade 
Creative lead by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn

Read more [here](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-02-22-how-cape-towns-municipal-bills-are-outrunning-its-middleclass-residents/) and [here](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-02-26-the-city-of-cape-town-has-valued-your-property-heres-how-to-challenge-it/ ).

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