Question NW3635 to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Mileham, Mr K to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

(1)What is the rate in the rand levied on (a) residential property, (b) commercial property and (c) agricultural property in respect of each municipality in the Northern Cape; (2) whether the provisions of the National Treasury Instruction 07 of 2014/2015 are consistently applied in the specified municipalities with regard to the payment of the rate in the rand levied by municipalities; if not, why not, in each case; (3) whether he has found the rate in the rand levied by the Emthanjeni Local Municipality to be fair in comparison to the rates levied by surrounding municipalities; if not, what steps does he intend to take to ameliorate the conditions imposed on agricultural properties?