JOHANNESBURG - Life is about to get a lot harder and more expensive for Johannesburg residents.
Rates and taxes and other services are being hiked from July and the city says it has no choice.
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And to make matters worse, the double digit increases come at a time when the long standing problem of revenue collection, is still unresolved.
eNCA reporter Pule Letshwiti Jones filed the report.