The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality continues to strive towards the goals of Tshwane Vision 2055. The e-Tshwane free online service allows companies, tenants,  property managing agents and homeowners to electronically connect with the City. Kouga’s municipal accounts for April 2017 are in the mail and expected to reach residents and businesses during the course of the week. Residents are urged to register for the municipality’s online service in order to receive their accounts via email or to view their accounts online through the “Ratepayers Info System” on the municipal website.

The registration process is as follows: 

• Contact the municipality’s Income Department at Jeffreys Bay to obtain an access key. Phone 042 200 2138 (Patrick), 042 200 2135 (Trevor) or 042 200 2263 (Centelle).
• Go to the municipal website at www.kouga.gov.za.
• Click on the “Ratepayers Info System” link on the home page.
• Click on the “Register Here” option
• Complete the info as requested. This will include a user name, password, the account holder’s name, surname and ID number, the postal and physical addresses, and at least one contact phone number and email address.
• Once you have completed this section, your login name and password will be forwarded to the email address used during registration. You can use the link in the email to confirm registration and login to the Ratepayers Info System.
• Once you have logged in, you can link your existing Kouga municipal account/s to your user profile. Do this by clicking on the “click here to link an account to your user ID” icon.
• Fill in your account number and the access key supplied by the Income Department. Your account will now appear under the “My Accounts” section.
• If you have more than one account, you do not have to register again. You can simply add a new account to your existing profile using the account number and access key. Please note that a different access key is required for each account.

Once this process has been completed, residents can view their account balances, meter readings and property information, as well as service and tariff information, online.