Independent schools welcome 5% rate increase

Institutions were being re-categorised as 'businesses'

The National Alliance of Independent Schools Association (Naisa) has welcomed the announced 5% rate increase for schools by the City of Johannesburg.

During a press briefing yesterday, Joburg mayor Mpho Phalatse said the one-year solution comes after lengthy negotiations with the national department of cooperative governance and traditional affairs (CoGTA) to allow schools to remain under the education category after being re-categorised as businesses from public benefit organisations...

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