The list of suburbs include: Allen's Nek, Atholhurst, Atholl, Bassonia, Bergbron, Birdhaven, Birnam, Booysens, Bramley, Bramley Manor, Bramley View, Bramley Park, Bryanston, Casey Park, Cheltondale, Chrisville, Comptonville, Constantia Kloof, Corlett Gardens, Country Life Park, Cowdray Park, Craighall, Credwell Park, Crown Gardens, Denver, Discovery, Douglasdale, Dunkeld, Duxberrry, Eikenhof, Elton Hill, Evans Park, Fairmount, Fellside, Floracliffe, Florida Glen, Florida Hills, Florida Lake, Florida North, Florida Park, Florida View, Formain, Founders Hill, Georginia, Gillview, Glen Athol, Glenadrienne, Gleneagles, Glenhazel, Glensan, Gresswold, Groblerpark, Haddon, Hamberg, Hawkins Estate, Highlands North, Honeydew Ridge, Honey Hill, Horison, Houghton Estate, Hurlingham, Hyde Park, Illovo, Inanda, Kennilworth, Kew, Klipfontein View, Kloofendal, Laser Park, Liefde en Vrede, Lindberg Park, Linmeyer, Little Falls, Lombardy East and West, Lonehill, Longmeadow Business Estate, Lyme Park, Lyndhurst, Melrose, Modderfontein, Moodie Hill, Morningside, Mountainview, Mulbarton, New Brighton, Newton, Noordekrans, Northcliff, Norwood, Oakdene, Oaklands, Olifantsvlei, Ontdekkerspark, Orange Grove, Orchards, Ormonde, Parkhurst, Parktown, Parkwood, Patalynn, Percelia Estate, Quellerina, Radio Kop, Ranelagh, Raumarais Park, Rembrandt Park, Rietvlei, Rispark, Riverclub, Rivonia, Robertsham, Roodekrans, Rosebank, Rosettenville, Rouxville Extension, Sandhurst, Sandringham, Savoy Estate, Selwyn, Silvamonte, Solridge, Southdale, Strubensvallei, Sunningdale, Sunningdale Ridge, Sydenham, The Gardens, Townsview, Turf Club, Turffontein, Waverley, Weltevreden Park, Wierda Valley, Wilgehewel, Willowild, Witpoortjie, Whitney, Winston Ridge. RELATED LINKS: New structure for City billing, revenue collection Johannesburg is to implement a new, streamlined structure to tackle the City's billing and revenue functions. Read more City's revenue collection improves Improvements in the revenue department have seen the city collecting a record R728-million in rates for the month of March. This figure represents a marked improvement on the R570-million collected in the same period last year. Read more The Finance and Economic Development Department The City's Finance and Economic Development department is responsible for collecting revenue from consumers and ratepayers; setting and controlling the City's annual budget; expenditure; economic development, including tourism and marketing. Read more

Defaulting residents pay up RESIDENTS who owe the City of Johannesburg in unpaid bills are finally paying up, thanks to improved communication between the City and defaulters. April 20, 2005 By Ndaba Dlamini JOHANNESBURG residents are responding positively to calls by the Department of Revenue to settle outstanding accounts, part of the department's credit control strategy to improve revenue management in the City. According to the Department of Revenue's spokesperson, Mandy Woods, the department stepped up communication to customers through the media and direct mail "to remind them about their obligations to settle their accounts in full every month". "Our figures show that over the last few months around 50 percent of customers who have received Final Letters of Demand respond by paying their outstanding bills in full. This is good news for us." The letter reminds customers that they can query their accounts by contacting Joburg Connect on 011 375 5555 and that they can pay their accounts through the City's third-party payments partners Easy Pay, the South African Post Office and Absa Bank. Ratepayers can also pay accounts online through any of the major banks' websites or at any one of the City's 70 pay-points. A facility is also available where customers can request to make arrangements to settle accounts through the City's credit control department. "Johannesburg is perhaps the only city in the country that goes the extra mile for its customers by not only notifying them of their delinquent account in a message on their statements, but also by separately sending them Final Letters of demand two weeks before the credit control programme of action is implemented," Woods says. Johannesburg residents owe the City about R7-billion in unpaid bills, a debt which has accumulated interest over the past years, according to Woods. More than three quarters of the City's income is from water, electricity, rates and taxes and, according to the Revenue Department, it is important that these monies are collected so service delivery to residents can continue to improve. In 2001 the City of Johannesburg initiated a re-examination of its revenue operations, management, structure and approach and implemented a credit control strategy aimed at resolving revenue collection problems in the city. The strategy includes bringing accounts up to date by taking action against defaulting debtors. According to the revenue department, the City will step up its efforts from April this year to remind customers to settle their bills by sending out more Final Letters of Demand in affected suburbs. Permission to use web site material Publishers may use material from this site free of charge, as long as: Credit is given to either the "City of Johannesburg website (www.joburg.org.za)" or to "Johannesburg News Agency (www.joburg.org.za)"; If the article is used online, a link is provided to the original article on this website; The name of the article's author is acknowledged; The webmaster is informed of how and where the material is used (fill in this brief online form). Johannesburg News Agency is operated by BIG Media at 011-484-1400 Print this Page E-mail this article to a friend Help using Joburg.org.za