Durban residents, led by the eThekwini Ratepayers Protest Movement (ERPM), show their outrage over the Municipality's proposed 2026/2027 draft budget and utility tariff increases.
A SHRINKING pool of ratepayers is carrying the financial burden of eThekwini's growing population with ratepayer groups warning that the city's revenue model is heading towards breaking point.
Just 556 000 rateable properties are effectively funding services for the city’s 4.5 million residents, sparking warnings that the city's finances are increasingly becoming unsustainable.
Rose Cortes of the eThekwini Ratepayers Protest Movement said the burden on paying households was becoming increasingly difficult to sustain.
"The small base of compliant paying households is becoming smaller. Not because of delinquency, but because the system is not sustainable," she said.
