Effective 1st April 2025, the National Treasury will discontinue publishing standardised rates for accommodation, conferences, and food. Government departments will now have the autonomy to determine their own rates. The existing Annexure remains applicable until 31st March 2025. The recently issued Revised Cost Containment Instructions No. 1 and 1A of 2024/2025 formalise this administrative change.
Cape Town says proposed short-term rental rules are aimed at fair competition
Answering a question from FEDHASA Cape Chair, Lee-Anne Singer, at a recent meeting, Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said the City’s proposed short-term rental rules are intended to create fairer competition for formal accommodation businesses by tightening rates enforcement on commercially operated short-term lets. He said the intention is not to go
