The ANC filed the class action in the Western Cape High Court last year on behalf of four residents seeking to have all water and sanitation tariff increases set aside.
CAPE TOWN - The City of Cape Town has dismissed an African National Congress lawsuit to have increased water tariffs scrapped as a political ploy.The Democratic Alliance-run City of Cape Town is not fazed by the ANC's legal challenge around water bills.“Based on current levels of consumption, the water and sanitation service is potentially at risk of under recovering for this financial year.”
ANC provincial elections head Ebrahim Rasool says thousands of ratepayers cannot afford the high water and sanitation tariffs. “What really made the ANC very angry was when we found out the City of Cape Town, run by the DA, made a profit of R1 billion on water.”
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