Finance

PROPERTY OWNERS ENCOURAGED TO APPLY FOR RATES REBATES AS EXPIRY DATE LOOMS

By Thulasizwe City of Ekurhuleni 3434

The City of Ekurhuleni calls property owners who qualify for rates exemption or rebates to apply as the current exemptions and rebates will expire with the current evaluation roll on 30 June 2025.

In terms of the city’s Property Rates Policy, the exemptions and rebates lapse with the expiry of the validity period of the valuation roll. This then means even those who currently qualify will be required to re-apply.

The following category of property owners qualify for exemptions, rebates or reduction of rates, and are urged to apply:

  • Age/Pensioners: Reduction or a rebate of an amount;
  • Indigent and deemed indigent based on property value;
  • Disability: Grants for individuals with disabilities and medically boarded persons;
  • Sporting bodies used for purposes of amateur sport;
  • Welfare & Humanitarian institutions, animal welfare; and cultural institutions;
  • Public and private schools, universities and colleges, and creches registered as educational institutions;
  • Vacant Unimproved Properties: Rebates for vacant land; and
  • Properties that have been damaged by a natural disaster, as defined in terms of the Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002.

To qualify for the rebate, applicants need to complete and submit the application forms which are available at the relevant Finance Department offices listed below:

Alberton Alberton Customer Care Centre Rates Hall, Alwyn Taljaard Street, Alberton (011) 999-2365 (011) 999-0150  Benoni Benoni Customer Care Centre, Rates Hall Cnr Tom Jones and Elston Av Benoni (011) 999-7254 (011) 999-7268Boksburg Boksburg Customer Care Centre, Rates Hall Cnr Trichardt Rd and Market Str, Boksburg (011) 999-5989 (011) 999-8172
Brakpan Brakpan Customer Care Centre, Rates Hall – Block D Cnr of Elliot and Escombe Av, Brakpan (011) 999-7825 (011) 999-7831Edenvale Edenvale Customer Care Centre, Rates Hall, Cnr Van Riebeeck and Hendrik Potgieter Street, Edenvale (011) 999-3180 (011) 999-3224Germiston Germiston Customer Care Centre, Rates Hall Cnr President and Spilsbury Str Germiston (011) 999-0432 (011) 999-0416  
Kempton Park Kempton Park Customer Care Centre, Rates Hall, Cnr C R Swart Drive and Pretoria Road,Kempton Park (011) 999-4546 (011) 999-4127Nigel Nigel Customer Care Centre, Rates Hall 145 Hendrik Verwoerd Street,Nigel (011) 999-9194 (011) 999-9172Springs Springs Customer Care Centre, Rates Hall Cnr South Main Reef Road and Plantation Road,Springs (011) 999-8709 (011) 999-8507  
Tembisa Tembisa Customer Care Centre, Rates Hall Cnr George Nyanga & Andrew Maphetho Street,Tembisa (011) 999-4771 (011) 999-4495   

The forms are also available on the City of  Ekurhuleni’s website https://www.ekurhuleni.gov.za/for-me/property-valuation-rebates/manual-forms/valuation-rebate-forms/