🚨 WE WERE SOLD LIES ABOUT CAPE TOWN BEING EXPENSIVE!
Look at the 2026/27 property rates figures:
- Cape Town: 0.007010
- Johannesburg: 0.009889
- Ekurhuleni: 0.01169
- Tshwane: 0.01231
- eThekwini: 0.01470
Cape Town has the LOWEST property rates among these five major metros.
Johannesburg's rate is 41% higher, while eThekwini's is more than DOUBLE Cape Town's!
Even with higher property values, Cape Town residents can still pay less in property rates.
Perhaps the question should be: Why are some of our metros charging residents more while delivering less?
The numbers don't lie! 👀
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A beautiful Friday in Stellies!
Sunny skies, a little wind and plenty of reasons to enjoy the beauty of our towns.
Wishing everyone a wonderful Friday and a safe weekend ahead!
A beautiful Friday in Stellies!
Sunny skies, a little wind and plenty of reasons to enjoy the beauty of our towns.
Wishing everyone a wonderful Friday and a safe weekend ahead!
Stephen Grootes has it.
"The other big risk to ActionSA comes from within. Like so many parties in our politics, it has never held a formal leadership election.
By claiming that he would not allow Zille to be mayor of Joburg, Mashaba gives the overall impression that he, and he alone, makes the decisions in his party.
The risk is that his ego, and his feelings towards Zille, outweigh the rational interests of the party’s members in going into government with the DA and the ANC.
If ActionSA’s members allow the ego of one person to override their interests, then it would be clear that ActionSA is really only about Mashaba. And, like Julius Malema’s EFF or Patricia de Lille’s Independent Democrats and Good Party, or Bantu Holomisa’s UDM, it would not be able to grow over the longer term.
One of the great strengths of the ANC and the DA is their ability to change their leadership. As traumatic as this process can be, without it there can be no renewal – it forces leaders to act in the interests of the party’s membership. If ActionSA’s leader can act only in his own interest, then it will be consigned to the same fate as so many other parties. "
Assuming these are indeed progressives where were they and what did they do about the sewerage running into homes in Emfuleni? What did they do about the potholes, non-functional traffic and street lights? What of refuse removal? This is all about power and access to resources.
Jobs don't grow out of promises. They grow where opportunity is given room to thrive! 💪
The DA-run Western Cape unemployment rate has dropped to 19.4%, below the national rate of 33.7%.
The province is focused on cutting red tape and making it easier for businesses to grow, invest, and employ more people.
Ah, the “left”. So much for class analysis. It’s all about race and “our people”, and never mind the fact the DA has more black support than the EFF. (False consciousness, obviously.)
Coalition talks update - why are some desperate for media attention while others are not? Influence.
If you are following coalition discussions you will notice two very different approaches. Some parties run to the media to talk about anything or everything. Other parties do not.
Who runs to the media? Those with the weakest negotiation position. Small parties. Why? Because they are desperate to sway bigger parties, namely the ANC and DA.
The ultimate decision makers on coalitions will be the ANC and DA. Either they will work with each other. Or against each other. This isn't arrogance. It's reality. If there is a party that wants to be in government and both the ANC and DA tell that party no. They will not be in government.
So obviously these parties will meet with the DA and ANC, then immediately run to the media and conflate what happened. Meanwhile both the DA and ANC will simply say no deal has been reached. And they are right, unless it is signed, sealed and publicly delivered by these parties there are no deals.
Ideal speculation will of course take place. But until you see the ANC or DA come out and actually say anything, everything is just distracting sensationalism noise.
Both the ANC and DA are disciplined enough to cut out the noise. It won't sway them because they know that unless they move, nothing moves.
Until they speak formally, you can basically discard anything that is said, by anyone on these matters.
BREAKING: Action SA confirms to #SABCNews it will work with DA to form coalition government in Nelson Mandela Bay. This will happen with the support of other parities that include the UDM.
@SABCNews#LGE2026#NMB
Surely IDAC, Hawks, NPA, SARS and others, collectively or on their own, can build a solid enough case to have Cele charged and arrested? That would be a good day for accountability in SA. https://t.co/2ZeHMfOtug
Ceres has a new R53 million Community Day Centre!
With improved waiting areas, more space and new services, the CDC will improve patient care and help ease pressure on other clinics.
Better facilities. Better patient experiences. Stronger healthcare.
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