Johannesburg mayor Mpho Phalatse announced she would be holding a briefing on Monday to lay out “active steps to correct national Cogta rates and tariffs for affected educational institutions”.
Gill GiffordJoburg mayor Mpho Phalatse says she and her mayoral committee have come up with a solution to the schools rates crisis that has resulted in a mass of complaints and a lawsuit. File photo.A solution to the recent reclassification of private schools as businesses — landing them with rates bills 10 times higher than normal — has been found.
This comes after the new 2022/2023 Johannesburg municipal rates policy came into effect and scrapped the old classification of private schools as public benefit organisations, effectively charging them as businesses. Private schools have since July 1 been charged about 10 times more, and though they may apply for a 25% rates rebate, the qualifying criteria are not clear. Many low and medium-fee schools have been reliant on the rebates they were eligible for as non-profits to keep their fees relatively affordable.
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