{"id":235413,"date":"2018-04-03T15:38:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T13:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=235413"},"modified":"2018-04-03T15:39:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T13:39:14","slug":"cape-towns-day-zero-pushed-back-to-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/235413\/cape-towns-day-zero-pushed-back-to-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Town’s ‘Day Zero’ pushed back to 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The City of Cape Town has confirmed that ‘Day Zero’ will no longer occur in 2018.<\/p>\n

Originally slated for April this year, the date has been steadily pushed out with the introduction of stringent water measures as well as some much needed rainfall – with the City recently indicating that the date had been pushed out until August this year.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday however, the City’s water dashboard<\/a> <\/strong>simply reads that Day Zero has ‘been pushed out to 2019’.<\/p>\n

Despite the drought no longer being an imminent threat, the website states that level 6b water restrictions (which were introduced on 1 February) are still in effect, effectively limiting residents to a daily 50 litres per person.<\/p>\n

Cost<\/strong><\/p>\n

While Cape Town’s residents have reason to celebrate in restricting their water usage and pushing out Day Zero, the drought is still expected to have a heavy cost on the city.<\/p>\n

Presenting the city\u2019s\u00a0budget<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>speech on Wednesday (28 March), Cape Town\u2019s executive mayor Patricia de Lille said that residents can expect a 27% increase in water tariffs across the city.<\/p>\n

“The City\u2019s Water and Sanitation Department is also proposing the introduction of a fixed charge for water based on the water meter size as well as seven restriction level tariffs,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Electricity Department is also proposing moving domestic customers to the home user tariff where properties are valued at above R1 million as well as introducing a fixed service charge of R150 per month for these properties,” she said.<\/p>\n

The proposed budget for the upcoming financial year will total R49.1 billion, with R39.8 billion going towards on the operating budget and R9.2 billion allocated for capital expenditure.<\/p>\n

This is significantly higher than previous financial years where the capital budget was in the region of R6 billion.<\/p>\n

One of the key major allocations for the 2018\/19 financial year will be the R9.8 billion which has been earmarked for water and electricity bulk purchases from the Department of Water and Sanitation and Eskom, respectively, de Lille said.<\/p>\n

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