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The South African
2 days ago
- Business
- The South African
'Radio antennas, traditional beer and guns' - Cape Town repeals outdated by-laws
Some of these City by-laws have lingered on the books since the 19th century. In a landmark move, the City published the By-law on the Repeal of By-laws that were Adopted by Former Municipalities, 2025, in the Provincial Gazette on Wednesday. With this, 1 029 obsolete laws – some dating back to the 1890s – have now been scrapped. Also, some of these bylaws addressed matters that are no longer applicable, or fall outside of local government's mandate, for example radio antennas, traditional beer and guns, and firearms and explosions, the City said in a statement. 'This is the third and final by-law of its kind,' noted City Manager, Lungelo Mbandazayo. 'It took many years of thorough research to complete the investigation of all of the by-laws adopted over a period of more than 110 years by former municipalities that now make up the City of Cape Town,' Before 1996, the City of Cape Town was made up of 30 separate small municipalities. These were amalgamated into six larger municipalities – Helderberg, Tygerberg, Blaauwberg, South Peninsula, Oostenberg and the City of Cape Town. In 2000, the six municipalities were dissolved to establish the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality as it's known today. However, remnants of the fragmented system still lingered in legal form. To address this, the City began the process of repealing obsolete laws nearly two decades ago: In 2007, 514 by-laws were repealed. In 2016, another 302 were removed. Now, in 2025, the final 213 have been struck off. 'This process is now complete, and we can safely say there is not a single outdated or unconstitutional by-law left on our books,' added Mbandazayo. Let us know by leaving a comment below, or send a WhatsApp to 060 011 021 1. Subscribe to The South African website's newsletters and follow us on WhatsApp, Facebook, X and Bluesky for the latest news.
TimesLIVE
15-05-2025
- Business
- TimesLIVE
eThekwini wins court victory over Westville ratepayers' association
The Durban high court has rejected the Westville Ratepayers' Association's (WRA) application challenging the lawfulness of the rates charged by eThekwini municipality two decades ago. The ratepayer group had taken the city to court seeking to recover the rates they paid between 2005 and 2008, claiming that the payments they made in that period was not lawful due to the municipality's failure to properly promulgate rates. They backed this claim by an investigation report that WRA had commissioned which found that the municipality had not published the rates promulgation in the Provincial Gazette, thereby not complying with all relevant legislation. However, the municipality challenged this and maintained that it had complied with the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) and published the promulgation in the Gazette. Municipal spokesperson Gugu Sisilana said the presiding judge confirmed that the WRA did not dispute the assertion made by the city. 'Furthermore, the judge said that 'leaving aside that the application was based on a meritless investigation report, I disagree with the applicant that the municipality was obliged to comply with all relevant legislation in promulgating rates,'' she said.
