# AfriForum says the City of Tshwane has insulted ratepayers by calling them freeloaders in court papers as part of a legal battle over the new city cleaning levy. They are challenging the 194-rand monthly charge, an unfair double taxation. The case is set to be heard in the High Court in Pretoria on 24 July. AfriForum’s Arno Roodt accuses the city of using the levy to hide its financial mismanagement: