The City of Cape Town in its 2018/2019 budget implemented a new method of charging for water and electricity services.
There is now a monthly Fixed Basic Charge for the supply of these services. Consumption based charges are still in place although for people using less that 600 units of electricity the cost per unit has been reduced to compensate somewhat for the implementation of the fixed basic charge.
The Fixed Basic Charge is related to the provision of municipal services to the property and is therefore recoverable from the tenant in the same way that consumption based charges are recovered from the tenant.