Kwekwe moots lights levy

KWEKWE City Council has proposed introducing a lights levy for each household monthly to help it maintain its street lighting system.

The proposed levy is contained in the local authority’s yet-to-be-approved 2017 budget.

Council’s finance committee chairperson, Janet Ticharunga said the levy would be 90 cents for high density suburbs, $1 for low density suburbs, while industry would pay $2.

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