# The Pretoria High Court has declared the City of Tshwane’s new cleansing levy as unlawful and invalid, setting it aside. The levy targeted gated communities and shopping malls that do not have existing city waste accounts but use private waste collection services, charging a monthly tariff of 194-rand-37-cents. AfriForum had approached the court to overturn this levy that was set to be imposed on nearly 260-thousand households and businesses in Tshwane. The court also awarded AfriForum a cost order.
Tshwane’s new cleansing levy declared unlawful and invalid