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Stefan

Potchefstroom

No I am not

melinda

Parkhurst

No I am not

john

Ramsgate, South Africa

No I am not

The service we get is shocking, potholes everywhere, water leaks weekly, road verges overgrown, beaches dirty etc. etc. We are party to legalised theft as we pay our rates and get no service in return. No where else do we pay a service provider or business and get nothing for our money. Lets boycott paying rates.

Gerrit

Three Rivers

No I am not

The place is falling apart. Private companies and individuals are trying to maintain the infrastructure at own cost. No need to remind anyone that Escom, has now written off millions of rands of debt against this municipality. Will that be needed again in a year or two when the money paid in by residents are squandered (Stolen) and Escom not paid for their services?

Nothing

Tsepiso

Qwaqwa

Not fully

Services delivery (Water) and infrastructure

Working together

Please use the qualified and experienced individuals in all positions not nepotism

Sue

Not fully

NMBM has been defunct, under the cANCer for years. We had a DA mayor for a short while but disgruntled cANCer "cadres" were losing out on the money pot and tenders so he was booted out.
Since then things have gone from worse to simply horrifying and sad.

We now have a coalition in power led by DA; which at the moment seems to be strong.
Retief Odendall is visual/visible, on the go, being seen, walking and talking to the people of the bay, addressing their concerns.
Street lights are being fixed.
Potholes are being fixed.
The cable theft is being addressed.
He is on the forefront of the water crisis that is crippling the bay,
Our streets are being cleaned (I cringe at the dirt/rubbish and general squalour that is evident especially when the cruise ships dock or foreigners hurridly drive through PE to Garden Route etc).
Street markings being painted.
When people scream, shout, protest and burn tyres (destroying more road infrastructure in the process); because they have set up a shack (egged on by ex cANCer cadres as a 'free vote') where there is no infrustructure at all; the Mayor is there, with his coalition leaders; trying to find solutions to the problem.
The only time the cANCer cadres were out and being seen and making empty promises, was near local or general elections.

I dont care WHO is in power, they could be pink with purple spots, but just DO YOUR JOB. You are voted in by the people, work FOR THE people.

I love SA, I love Africa; there is no where else like it.
All of our people are resilient.
There can sometimes be an amazing sense of Ubuntu.

But, I do worry about my future; especially with the total collapse of the government health system, Eishkom, looting and general disregard for the people in this country who are taxed to death; and now the threat of "legal landgrab" under the proposed "expropriation bill" which is nothing but a thinly disguised land grab aka Zimbabwe 2.0

WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GREATER GOOD.
Stop worrying about the color of the person for the job; if they are 10000% qualified; support them, dont place obstacles in their path (because they are cutting off your income revenue stream by stopping corruption and trying to save a grid from total collapse).
We all know why De Ruyter could'nt do it anymore; it was all sabotage, so the powers that be can point fingers.

Heiletje

No I am not

They do not maintain the water pipelines in our town and we are constantly without water.
We reported a water leak in the road in front of our house several times. The leak damaged our property, severely damaged the road and sent already precious water down the drain.
They keep sending us someone else's water bill that we then have to contact them to sort out.
The roads are in a deplorable state, especially in town.
The sewage farm has been broken for more than 30 years already, dumping sewage into the river that goes into the water of a large informal settlement. They can't drink the water. They have to live in stink. Now they have no water and the municipality send water trucks in and charge ridiculous amount of rands for water to an already poveraged community.

The diversity of people
Friendly and warm people
Nature

Portia

Alberton

No I am not

We go weeks without our bins being collected, while we are charged for services not rendered.

compared to other places, it is still safe

Nadine

Kommetjie

No I am not

Roads are in a terrible state with potholes and uneven areas. Road traffic is a major problem and urgent attention needs to be given to the traffic from Kommetjie, Ocean View and Scarborough towards Noordhoek. Its not acceptable to have to sit bumper-to-bumper every day. Road infrastructure MUST come before City of Cape Town approves developments.

Hugh

Sunnyside

No I am not

Ali

Denneoord

Yes I am

One of the TOP Municipalities
Annual Debtor Payment Ratio in excess of 95%

Low Crime rate

We in George have the knowledge and systems in place to help ANY municipality in becoming financially Viable!!!
I Started in George more that 20 years ago and the main drive was to neutralize politicians in having any say in the management of Credit Control and Debt Collection.
We have maintained Annual payment Ratio's in excess of 95% for the past 6 financial years!!!!

Laura

Upington

No I am not

Absolutely useless.... just take a drive through the town... potholes a foot deep.... burst pipes daily... litter everywhere... raw sewage in the streets.... it’s just too pathetic. Criminal... and we pay more and more for less and less ...

Adriaan

Val de grace

No I am not

The roads are falling apart and we have plenty of water supply problems. We pay ever increasing property taxes and get poor or no service. The issues were raise with the municipality, but they never seem to fix anything until it is a crises.

Gareth

Chintsa east

No I am not

Garbage disposal is infrequent, and management of our estuary is non existent, we don't have lifeguards on our beach anymore in Chintsa East.

I love the fact that non-government workers in individuals work together to help the government do its job even though we pay taxes for said jobs to be done!

Turning plastic into plastic bricks. This is not a new idea in is being done all over the world...we can upcycle trash into something that can be used to build things for our community.

Belinda

Roodewal

No I am not