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To: MEC for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs KZN
Objection to current valuation roll in Msunduzi
We residents of Msunduzi Municipality hereby petition the Honourable MEC for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Sipho Hlomuka, to implement Clause 32(2) of the Municipal Property Rates Act 6 of 2004, and cause the Msunduzi 2014-7 General Valuation Roll and 2018-9 Supplementary Valuation Roll to be extended for a further year from 1 July 2019. Our grounds for seeking this urgent action are as follows:
1. Msunduzi Municipality is under Section 139 administration, as stipulated in the provisions of Section 32(2) of the Act.
2. The Municipality commissioned a review of the General Valuation Roll which used flawed methodology, resulting in 4,379 written public objections and an objection by the city administration itself, as quoted in The Witness of 12 August 2019.
3. The Acting City Manager has posted a general public notice in the local media advising that the objections will be processed in monthly batches until and including December 2019. Following completion of the municipal valuer’s review of objections, ratepayers need to be notified of the outcomes and have the right to request reasons from the municipal manager for each decision reached. If unhappy about the outcomes, affected ratepayers have the right of appeal to a Valuation Appeal Board. These processes will take the better part of the current financial year to be fully implemented.
4. Extending the 2014 valuation roll by 12 months will enable the Msunduzi Administrator appointed by CoGTA to have the objections processed fairly and timeously, while allowing time to initiate and conclude a review of the methodology used in compiling the current flawed General Valuation Roll.
1. Msunduzi Municipality is under Section 139 administration, as stipulated in the provisions of Section 32(2) of the Act.
2. The Municipality commissioned a review of the General Valuation Roll which used flawed methodology, resulting in 4,379 written public objections and an objection by the city administration itself, as quoted in The Witness of 12 August 2019.
3. The Acting City Manager has posted a general public notice in the local media advising that the objections will be processed in monthly batches until and including December 2019. Following completion of the municipal valuer’s review of objections, ratepayers need to be notified of the outcomes and have the right to request reasons from the municipal manager for each decision reached. If unhappy about the outcomes, affected ratepayers have the right of appeal to a Valuation Appeal Board. These processes will take the better part of the current financial year to be fully implemented.
4. Extending the 2014 valuation roll by 12 months will enable the Msunduzi Administrator appointed by CoGTA to have the objections processed fairly and timeously, while allowing time to initiate and conclude a review of the methodology used in compiling the current flawed General Valuation Roll.
Why is this important?
The current valuation roll process is completely flawed and resulted in unfair rates increases and we the ratepayers are being taken advantage of by the municipality.