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AfriForum says court setting aside Tshwane’s cleansing levy is a victory for residents [SOUND]

# AfriForum says the ruling by the Pretoria High Court on the City of Tshwane’s new cleansing levy is a major victory for residents. The court has declared the mandatory monthly levy of 194-rand-37-cent, which was set to be imposed on nearly 260-thousand households and businesses, as unlawful and invalid. AfriForum’s Arno Roodt says this levy was nothing more than a fundraising ploy aimed at covering up years of poor planning and mismanagement:

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