Cheque payments discontinued by SA banks
18 December 2020
Cheque payments have been declining and with other secure and cost effective payment options available, the South African banking industry has discontinued the use of cheque payments. From 21 December 2020, the City of Cape Town will thus no longer accept cheques as a method of payment. There is only a small number of City customers that are still using cheques to pay their municipal accounts.
The City thanks its account holders for their payments and support as this enables the municipality to deliver basic services.
The City has convenient payment options that are available.
For account and City-rental payments:
- Online: www.Easypay.co.za or www.powertime.co.za
- EFTs: Select the City as a bank-listed beneficiary. Use only your nine-digit municipal account number as reference
- Retailers: Shoprite, Checkers, USave, Pick n Pay, PEP, Ackermans, Lewis, Top It Up, Woolworths and selected Spar shops
- ATM: contact your bank to add the City as an ATM beneficiary
The City also encourages customers to make the switch to eBilling and join the more than 300 000 customers who are already making use of this service.
Customers are encouraged to please register for e-Services and then visit the eBilling registration portal. They may follow the instruction wizard and fill in their information. They will need the following:
- ID or passport number
- a copy of ID or passport to upload
- their business partner number (found on the top right hand side of the municipal account)
- a valid email address
Once they have registered, they will receive their municipal bills via email. Customers may also email help.uces@capetown.gov.za and request to be registered for eBilling.
Useful information
- Make use of the e-Services option and visit https://eservices.capetown.gov.za/irj/portal
- For service updates including COVID-19-related closures, visit https://bit.ly/CCTServiceUpdates
- For vehicle licensing information and assistance, visit www.capetown.gov.za/vehiclelicensing and Vehicle.Licence@capetown.gov.za
For office closure dates and operating hours during the holiday period, please visit: https://bit.ly/CCT-OfficeClosures2020
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Published by:
City of Cape Town, Media Office