Shock 2 800pc Hike in Harare Rates
January 5, 2021
Harare City Council has, with immediate effect, hiked tariffs for basic services by at least 2 800 percent compared to the same period last year.
The city’s acting finance director Mr Stanely Ndemera said the local authority’s proposed $32,7 billion budget was approved without any changes.
According to Harare’s approved financial plan, an average high-density household is now required to pay $1 736 a month for basic services, while a family in the modest Mabelreign middle-density suburb will now be paying $4 558 monthly.
The breakdown is that the first five cubic litres of water for a high-density suburb is now $575 compared to $20 in January 2020, $565 for a once-a-week bin collection up from $28, a sewer charge of $250 for each toilet up from $41 and a minimum property tax of $345 up from $56.