07 August 2024
PUBLIC NOTICE: YOUR RECENT MUNICIPAL STATEMENT EXPLAINED
Dear Residents of Langeberg Municipality
We would like to take this opportunity to explain the details of your recent municipal accounts.
Our new municipal accounts for July 2024 now cover the period from the middle of June to the end of July. This change means that a portion of the account you received includes charges from the old financial year that ended on 30 June 2024. This portion is billed using the previous financial year's tariffs and is indicated on your municipal accounts under the line "balance brought forward."
Please understand that this "balance brought forward" does not imply an outstanding debt from your previous account. Instead, it represents the bill from mid-June (the last municipal statement date) to 30 June 2024, marking the end of the old financial year.
The other line items on your account are the service charges for the new financial year starting from 1 July 2024, billed at the new tariffs.
Additionally, you may notice that the rates on most accounts have been billed monthly starting from 1 July 2024. Consequently, your account might appear higher than in previous months. This change arises because some clients previously chose to pay their rates annually instead of monthly.
In May 2024, we issued a notice on our Municipal Website requesting all clients to indicate whether they wished to continue being billed for rates annually rather than monthly. If no response was received, the billing was standardized to be monthly. This means the annual rates bill/charge is now divided by 12 and billed each month.
In essence, your account is not incorrect; it now includes the monthly rate bill rather than a total amount billed once a year.
We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in this matter. Should you have any further questions or require assistance, please do not hesitate to contact our customer service department at
Yours faithfully
D P LUBBE
MUNICIPAL MANAGER
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Geagte Inwoners van die Langeberg Munisipaliteit
Ons wil graag die besonderhede van u onlangse munisipale rekeninge verduidelik.
Ons nuwe munisipale rekeninge vir Julie 2024 dek nou die tydperk vanaf die middel van Junie tot die einde van Julie. Hierdie verandering beteken dat 'n gedeelte van die rekening wat u ontvang het, heffings van die ou finansiële jaar insluit wat op 30 Junie 2024 geëindig het. Hierdie gedeelte word volgens die vorige finansiële jaar se tariewe gefaktureer en word op u munisipale rekeninge aangedui onder die lyn "saldo oorgedra."
Verstaan asseblief dat hierdie "saldo oorgedra" nie 'n uitstaande skuld van u vorige rekening impliseer nie. Hierdie bedrag verteenwoordig egter die rekening vanaf middel Junie (die laaste munisipale staatdatum) tot 30 Junie 2024, wat die einde van die ou finansiële jaar aandui.
Die ander lynitems op u rekening is die diensheffings vir die nuwe finansiële jaar wat op 1 Julie 2024 begin en gehef is teen die nuwe tariewe.
Let ook op dat die eiendomsbelasting op meeste rekeninge maandeliks vanaf 1 Julie 2024 gehef is. Gevolglik mag u rekening hoër lyk as in vorige maande. Hierdie verandering ontstaan omdat sommige kliënte voorheen verkies het om hul eiendomsbelasting jaarliks in plaas van maandeliks te betaal.
In Mei 2024 het ons 'n kennisgewing op ons Munisipale Webtuiste uitgereik wat alle kliënte versoek het om aan te dui of hulle verkies om steeds jaarliks vir Eiendomsbelasting gehef te word of maandeliks. As geen reaksie ontvang is nie, is die heffing gestandaardiseer om maandeliks te wees. Dit beteken die jaarlikse tariefrekening/heffing word nou deur 12 gedeel en elke maand gefaktureer.
In werklikheid is u rekening nie foutief nie; dit sluit nou die maandelikse tariefheffing in, in plaas van 'n totale bedrag wat een keer per jaar gehef word.
Ons waardeer u begrip en samewerking. Indien u enige verdere vrae het of hulp benodig, kontak asseblief ons kliëntediensafdeling by
Die uwe
D P LUBBE
MUNISIPALE BESTUURDER
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Bahlali abathandekayo kuMasipala waseLangeberg,
Singathanda ukuthatha eli thuba ukucacisa iinkcukacha malunga nerhafu yenu ka Masipala zakutsha nje.
Iirhafu zenu zika Masipala ezintsha ukusukela kwinyanga yeKhala kulonyaka sikuwo ngoku zibandakanya ixesha elisuka phakathi kwinyanga yeSilimela ukuya ekupheleni kwenyanga yeKhala. Olu tshintsho luthetha ukuba inxalenye yeenkcukacha zerhafu oyifumeneyo ibandakanya iintlawulo zonyaka-mali omdala ophele ngomhla we-30 kwinyanga yeSilimela kulonyaka sikuwo. Le nxalenye ihlawulwa kusetyenziswa imirhumo yonyaka-mali odlulileyo kwaye ibonakaliswe kwinkcukacha yerhafu zikamasipala wakho phantsi komgca "balance brought forward”.
Sicela ukunazisa ukuba le "balance brought forward" ayithethi ukuba unetyala eliseleyo kwirhafu yakho yangaphambili. Endaweni yoko, imele umthetho oyilwayo ukusuka phakathi kwinyanga yeSilimela (umhla wokugqibela wengxelo kamasipala) ukuya kumhla we-30 kwinyanga yeKhala kulonyaka sikuwo, ophawula ukuphela konyaka-mali omdala.
Ezinye izinto ezikwi nkcukacha yakho yerhafu ziintlawulo zenkonzo zonyaka-mali omtsha oqala ngomhla we-1 kwinyanga yeKhala kulonyaka sikuwo, zihlawulwe kwiintlawulo ezintsha.
Ukongeza, unokuqaphela ukuba iirhafu ezininzi zihlawuliswa ngenyanga ukusuka ngomhla we-1 kwinyanga yeKhala kulonyaka sikuwo. Ngenxa yoko, inkcukacha yerhafu yakho inokuveza ngaphezulu kuneenyanga ezidlulileyo. Olu tshintsho lwenzeka ngenxa yokuba abanye abathengi bebekhetha ukuhlawula iirhafu zabo ngonyaka endaweni yenyanga.
Kwinyanga yeCanzibe kulonyaka sikuwo, siye sakhupha isaziso kumaqonga onxebelelwano kaMasipala sicela bonke abathengi bachaze ukuba bayafuna na ukuqhubeka nokuhlawuliswa iirhafu qho ngonyaka kunenyanga. Ukuba akukho mpendulo ifunyenweyo, ukukhutshwa kwetyala kuye kwalungelelaniswa ukuba kube ngenyanga. Oku kuthetha ukuba intlawulo yeerhafu zonyaka ngoku yahlulwe ngokwenyanga zonyaka kwaye ihlawuliswa ngenyanga nganye.
Siyakuxabisa ukuqonda kunye nentsebenziswano yakho kulo mba. Ukuba uneminye imibuzo okanye ufuna uncedo, nceda ungathandabuzi ukuqhagamshelana nesebe lethu lenkonzo yabathengi apha kuledilesi yezonxebelelwano lwalemihla
Ozithobileyo
D P LUBBE
UMPHATHI KAMASIPALA