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Development Charges, Land Value Capture and Municipal Revenue Enhancement

This course explores how municipalities can grow own revenue by capturing a fair share of the value that development and public investment create. Participants learn to levy development charges for bulk infrastructure, apply land value capture instruments, and pursue broader revenue enhancement without simply raising rates. The programme addresses the African imperative to fund infrastructure and reduce grant dependence through smarter, defensible revenue instruments.

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What you will be able to do

  • Explain the rationale for development charges and land value capture.
  • Calculate development charges linked to the cost of bulk infrastructure.
  • Apply land value capture instruments within the legal framework.
  • Identify broader own revenue enhancement opportunities beyond rates.
  • Structure charges and instruments that are fair, transparent and defensible.
  • Build a revenue enhancement plan that reduces grant dependence.

Course outline

  1. 01The Case for Value Capture and Revenue Enhancement
  2. 02Development Charges and Bulk Infrastructure
  3. 03Calculating and Levying Development Charges
  4. 04Land Value Capture Instruments
  5. 05Broader Own Revenue Opportunities
  6. 06Fairness, Transparency and Legal Defensibility
  7. 07Building a Revenue Enhancement Plan

Who should attend

Municipal finance, planning and infrastructure officials, revenue managers and economic development practitioners focused on growing own revenue.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
29 Sep to 1 Oct 2026Johannesburg3R13,000Register
30 Sep to 2 Oct 2026Cape Town3R13,000Register
5 to 7 Oct 2026Durban3R13,000Register
6 to 8 Oct 2026Pretoria3R13,000Register
7 to 9 Oct 2026Windhoek3US$1,500Register
12 to 14 Oct 2026Gaborone3US$1,500Register
13 to 15 Oct 2026Maseru3US$1,500Register
14 to 16 Oct 2026Mbabane3US$1,500Register
19 to 21 Oct 2026Lusaka3US$1,500Register
20 to 22 Oct 2026Harare3US$1,500Register
21 to 23 Oct 2026Lilongwe3US$1,500Register
26 to 28 Oct 2026Blantyre3US$1,500Register
27 to 29 Oct 2026Mozambique3US$1,500Register
28 to 30 Oct 2026Nairobi3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Nov 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500Register
3 to 5 Nov 2026Kigali3US$1,500Register
4 to 6 Nov 2026Kampala3US$1,500Register
9 to 11 Nov 2026Accra3US$1,500Register
10 to 12 Nov 2026Lagos3US$1,500Register
11 to 13 Nov 2026Cairo3US$1,500Register
16 to 18 Nov 2026Mauritius3US$1,500Register
17 to 19 Nov 2026Dubai3US$1,500Register
18 to 20 Nov 2026Online3US$900Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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Next session
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Venue
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