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Mantis

Yes I do

Other

Municipal property evaluations in Jhb are over-inflated in relation to market values /sales stats. Contributing factors (to the market decline) are service delivery failures and related unlawful practices by COJ. Additionally, revenue is not being allocated to the upkeep of infrastructure.

leo

Yes I do

Other

People in South Africa are unable to afford basic living needs, and the government makes it even worse with taxes and no real help from the taxes given, as it just gets looted or wasted.
Municipal rates and taxes need to freeze so the people can have something to live off.

Marinda

Yes I do

Cost of living

Can not afford their increases any more, they do not deliver services everything is collapsing due to incompetence

Ingrid

Yes I do

Cost of living

The goverment and munisipalities liive in luxury but the tax payer has to suffer.

Lynne

Yes I do

Municipal collapse

Municipalities collapse. Services are eroded, money disappears into a vortex but more is wanted to support corrupt activities. Time to stop the gravy train.

Marise

Yes I do

Municipal collapse

Municipalities keep increasing rates due to the excessive cost of their miss management and cadre deployment. It is time for municipalities yo become more efficient and provide services or provide the opportunity for compition in the municipal service market. The unilateral increase of rates are no longer acceptable.

Heila Magdalena

No I do not

Municipal collapse

What Dr Buthelezi said about the ANC : ‘ They will not neccesesarily Kill you… they’ll TAX you to death!’… That is why I totally resist this law that will kill the Tourism Income & work creation all over South Africa!!!

Colleen

Yes I do

Service delivery

Service delivery for maintenance and upkeep of public roads is lacking. Roads are in a poor state with potholes left unrepaired. Maintenance of water pipes falls short leading to burst pipes on almost a weekly basis. Public parks and pavement areas have to be cleaned up by community volunteers because the municipality does not attend to this. Community volunteers fill potholes where they can. It seems the job of the municipality is left to the public who pay for these services and then end up doing the work themselves at the end of the day.

Christo

Yes I do

Cost of living

Rates & Taxes in my Unit in a complex in West Beach increased from an average of R 791,69 during 2015 to R1650 today!!!!

Jonathan

Yes I do

Cost of living

The municipality is highly inefficient and does not make an effort to use tax payers money for the right priorities. Poor supervision and management of service delivery, not spending government Grant's, and extortionate BEE tenderpreneurs is killing rate payers. Inefficient collection of debts. Appointments of staff who cannot do their jobs. Corruption without consequences.

Lufuno

Yes I do

Cost of living

henry

Yes I do

Other

property prices in CT and WC are increasing rapidly and prop values follows which increases property taxes if the % is not frozen

Carina

Yes I do

Cost of living

The cost of living in South Africa has become too expensive for ordinary working class people and pensioners. There is just not enough money to fill all the holes. It may differ from municipality but what we get in return is a disgrace: Potholes, broken traffic lights and road signs and invisible road markings, irregular refuse removal, water interruptions, failure to supply electricity consistently, street lights not working... really? Too much to mention.

Frik

Yes I do

Cost of living

Albert

Yes I do

Cost of living

Albert

Yes I do

Cost of living

Muhammad Yusuf

Yes I do

Other

My top concern are all the listed concerns (municipal collapse, service delivery & cost of living.

Clinton

Yes I do

Cost of living

Stephen

Yes I do

Other

It is a shame that as we clearly grow in numbers. That it is the minorities that are still supporting the majority. We hear the word apartheid used yet there is a fundamental flaw from that era that ive noticed still at play. The words previously advantaged speaking about the white South Africans. But still it is the white South Africans that are disadvantaged. We receive exorbitant bills and are expected to find money from an already depleted income. When the majority live in the luxury of no charges. Free electricity, free water no rates or taxes. But the white Minority is expected to carry this burden of their making. Yes it is apartheid that put us in segregated areas and gave them everything and we didnt consider that this choice would bite us in the ass. Equality means exactly what it states. So let all be subject to the same requirements

Peter

Yes I do

Other

Service delivery is not existent, roads full of potholes, lights don't work and zero delivery from the municipality, which equals municipal collapse. Why pay for services which are non existent...