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Collected on 17 June 2026
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Indigent support (subsidisation of basic service charges) for qualifying indigent households
Umuziwabantu Municipality’s Indigent Support Policy provides subsidisation of basic service charges to indigent households that qualify under the Council’s criteria. Indigent households are owners and/or occupiers of residential property whose municipal value is at or below values determined by Council, and applicants must apply to the Council and be accepted as indigent.
Reference
https://www.umuziwabantu.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/indigent-policy-26-27.pdf
To provide procedures and guidelines for the subsidisation of basic service charges to its indigent households, using the Council's budgetary provisions received from Central Government, according to prescribed policy guidelines.
