Tshwane insists it will appeal

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- Marizka Coetzer

The city of Tshwane insists it will still appeal the ruling by the High Court in Pretoria that its new cleansing levy is illegal.

In August, the High Court in Pretoria dismissed the city's application for leave to appeal the ruling on 31 July that the implementation of the levy was unlawful and should be set aside.

However, residents and the opposition have described it as unacceptable that the city continues to bill residents for a cleaning charge that the court has declared unlawful.

Earlier this week, DA mayoral candidate Cilliers Brink challenged Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya and her coalition partners not to appeal the cleansing levy judgment and bring a new funding plan to the municipal council with a set of measures on how to close Tshwane's budget deficit.