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zaref.dev South African Metro Municipal Tariffs
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zaref.dev South African Metro Municipal Tariffs is a paid API for AI agents from zaref.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-17).
Returns current headline tariffs (electricity, water, refuse, rates) for South Africa's 5 major metropolitan municipalities for the current municipal year, with official source URL, effective date, and freshness flag.
Price / call$0.005
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
South African Metro municipal tariffs (Residential electricity/water/refuse/rates headline tariffs for the 5 big metros, current municipal year.) Clean cited JSON with official source URL, effective date and freshness flag.
Output
A clean JSON object containing headline residential tariff figures (electricity, water, refuse, and rates) for South Africa's 5 big metros (Cape Town, Johannesburg, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, eThekwini) for the current municipal financial year, each entry accompanied by an official government source URL, the effective date of the tariff, and a freshness flag indicating whether the data is current.
Example use cases
Example prompt
“What are the current residential electricity and water tariffs for Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Tshwane municipalities — I need the official rates with their effective dates and source references.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://zaref.dev/v1/municipal-tariffs?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need current, cited, structured residential municipal tariff data for South Africa's 5 major metros without scraping government gazettes yourself. Ideal for financial planning tools, cost-of-living calculators, property apps, or any system needing authoritative and freshness-flagged SA municipal utility rate data. Prefer over manual lookups or general web search when you need structured JSON with official source attribution and effective dates.
Side effects
- No tariff data available yet for upcoming municipal year before gazetting — may return stale or missing values
- Specific metro or tariff category not yet updated — freshness flag will indicate staleness
- Rate limit or payment failure (x402 micropayment not processed) — returns 402 Payment Required
- Invalid query parameters — returns 400 Bad Request
- Upstream source URL no longer valid or official gazette unavailable — data may be marked as unverified
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| properties | string |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"data": "current values with citations",
"stale": false,
"series": "municipal-tariffs",
"source_url": "see per-metro source_url fields in data",
"effective_date": "2026-07-01"
}
}Tags
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