📈 Municipal rates are rising above inflation, yet services are declining. 🇿🇦 Stats SA says inflation was 2.8% in April. That means something like bread, for example, which costs R20, would be expected to go up by 56 cents… the same for other goods and services - simplistically speaking. But in cities like Durban and Johannesburg, residents are facing proposed municipal tariff increases of over 13% for basic services like water and sanitation — more than 4 times inflation. Lobby groups are spe