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Submitted | first-name | suburb | agree | top-concern | message |
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2026-09-11 17:44:55 +02:00 | John | Edenglen | No I do not | ||
2026-09-10 17:01:48 +02:00 | Ndikundisani | East end | No I do not | We pay exorbitant amounts for basic electricity but we never have electricity in Rustenburg east end. To add to that not even one street light works. What exactly are we paying for? | |
2026-09-10 14:53:46 +02:00 | Colleen | Kenilworth, Cape Town | No I do not | Electricity | The court ruled that no fixed fees were to be charged for city cleaning, water or sewerage. Yet only the fee for city cleaning has not been charged since 1 July. And all the fixed fees should be reversed for the earlier periods too from date of implementation. The increased cost of electricity since 2018 is ludicrous and is no longer affordable - i.t.o. the constitution a government is obliged to provided basic services of water and electricity. Supplying it only to the rich is unconstiutional. We must not be penalised with higher costs because of government incompetence which caused loadshedding. which forced citizens at great personlal cost to find alternative supply which has resulted in substantially less sales for Escom. Now we must pay exhorbitant amounts for electricity to pay "salasries" for incompetent extortionists ! No , the salries of those responsbile for loadshedding must be REDUCED or they must be FIRED. Also why must pensioners still pay property tax? When only a fraction of it is spent on infrastructure where we live. Our SUBURB roads and pavements are TATTY full of cracks, holes and weeds not having been resurfaced for 30 YEARS!!!.. Law must change that no property taxes are payable for longer than 15 years to protect pensioners - those that have an income under the income tax threshold - they should only have to pay for water and electricity that is SUPPLIED. Not sewerage, not refuse, not rates - because we should not have to pay back the loans that government has made on the pretext that it would be used to benefit citizens but was STOLEN by the Organised Crime Syndicate fronting as a government for the people. !!! |
2026-09-10 14:30:12 +02:00 | JG | Waverley | No I do not | Salary increases | |
2026-09-10 11:17:49 +02:00 | James | Fourways | No I do not | Electricity | |
2026-09-10 02:08:40 +02:00 | Jappie | South Hills | No I do not | We do not even afford electricity because as things stand, we're currently experiencing daylight robbery from our manucipality. How on earth does one pay a R100 for a meager 25 units? We don't even afford properties, yet we're suffering with electricity bills, it's an increase in everything except for service delivery. The incompetence of our government leaders is unmatched | |
2026-09-10 01:35:18 +02:00 | Tshepo | NORWOOD | No I do not | Property rates | Considering the state of Joburg (let alone other municipalities) and the disgusting amount that civil servants are earning for not doing their jobs, all while prices and fuel rise continuously (and we keep having to buy new tyres with all the potholes!) - this is a real tone deaf insult to all the citizens that keep this operation running depsite it being way past it's expiry date. May all that is deserved come to you soon, City of Joburg - and all other municipalities. |
2026-09-09 16:31:11 +02:00 | Eloise | Hennopspark | No I do not | Salary increases | The lack of service delivery does not justifiy the salary increases. With inflation on all other costs such as food and fuel, we will not be able to afford our municipal rates |
2026-09-09 11:23:46 +02:00 | Sally | Noordhoek | No I do not | ||
2026-09-09 08:32:54 +02:00 | Steve | Durban North | No I do not | Property rates | |
2026-09-09 08:07:11 +02:00 | Anneke | Vrulam | No I do not | It has almost become like a second bond , hardly afordable. | |
2026-09-08 21:06:41 +02:00 | Lynn | De Kuilen | No I do not | Electricity | |
2026-09-08 19:44:12 +02:00 | Gerhard | Extension 22 | No I do not | Salary increases | |
2026-09-08 18:03:33 +02:00 | Jan | bedelia | No I do not | iI want to give you an example: I bought R800 pre- paid and get only 196 units. I am a pensioner,.cant afford any increses. | |
2026-09-08 16:49:54 +02:00 | Jon Eliot | Oranjezicht | No I do not | Property rates | |
2026-09-08 13:06:13 +02:00 | Lesley | Somerset west | No I do not | ||
2026-09-08 12:35:39 +02:00 | gina | sunnyridge | No I do not | Salary increases | |
2026-09-08 12:01:46 +02:00 | Leanne | Sunnyridge | No I do not | Salary increases | They are all huge concerns, our streetlights don’t work, we went without electricity for a total of 35 days with no assistance from staff. There is no value coming from Ekhuruleni, I am not willing to pay more for anything. |
2026-09-08 11:58:08 +02:00 | Lulu | Plattekloof | No I do not | Property rates | Honestly, sometimes it feels like our government are blood-sucking creatures who want every last drop of your blood! Look at Ekurhuleni — they’ve already completely messed the place up. They do absolutely nothing, while private funding organisations and NPCs are being formed by residents just to clean up and maintain our own communities because the municipality simply isn’t doing its job. These NPCs are filling potholes, cutting grass, painting roads and actually trying to keep our areas looking decent. And who is paying for all of this? We are. So let me get this straight: we pay the government our rates and taxes, and get very little in return. Then, because the municipality isn’t doing what it is supposed to do, we have to dig into our own pockets and donate to NPCs so that someone can actually get things done in our neighbourhoods. And now they want to increase the fees AGAIN?! NO! Enough is enough. Why should we keep paying more and more for services we aren't receiving? It honestly makes me want to stop paying altogether. I’m tired of paying twice — once to the government and then again to fix the things the government should have been doing in the first place! |
2026-09-08 11:54:36 +02:00 | Sanette | Sunnyrock | No I do not | Electricity | |
2026-09-08 11:48:24 +02:00 | Lulu | sunnyridge | No I do not | Salary increases | Our government are blood sucking creatures!!! And want every last drop of your blood!! In Ekurhuleni they already have effed up the place they do nothing that there are privet funding institutions NPCs that are being formed to clean certain of our areas, because our municipalities dont do anything for you and know they want to increase the fees AGAIN!!!! So we pay the government and get nothing in return and then we donate to these NPCs in our areas because they are actually doing things like filing potholes cutting grass paining the road because YOU the current GOVERMENT does eff all! NO!!! No more paying for nothing!! I wish I could stop paying completely!!!! |
2026-09-08 11:42:52 +02:00 | Philippe | Fourways | No I do not | It is very hard and my bill keep on increasing It is ridiculous we cannot afford it anymore They don't care about the people As someone say, they are systematically squeeze us year after year Enough is enough They are stealing our money and there is mismanagement everywhere | |
2026-09-08 10:51:19 +02:00 | Charlotte | Farm | No I do not | Electricity | Geen dienste vanaf munisipaliteit word op plaas gelewer nie |
2026-09-08 10:38:16 +02:00 | W | Durbanville | No I do not | Property rates | We are being targeted, plain and simple. Go do your begging and collection on the other side of the road for a change rather than the easy path by milking us. Oh yes, sorry I forgot... it is not politically correct, you will have mass protests and destruction of property if you dare do that!! 🙁 Everyone wants to lay claim to equality, so let's do that then. Apply and collect equally throughout the whole of Cape Town and not just in the law abiding suburbs! |
2026-09-08 10:16:29 +02:00 | Duane | Portlands | No I do not | Property rates | There's little room for households to cope in poorer communities with the ever increasing fees. How much more do we have to fork out every year to account for poor governance? The Western Cape boasts about it's abilities and yet we're not getting the benefits. |
2026-09-08 09:54:12 +02:00 | Shaun` | Fish Hoek | No I do not | Every year this just increases beyond what is reasonable. Just because my house value increased it does not mean it costs you more that last year to remove the rubbish, and sweep the streets. | |
2026-09-08 09:26:16 +02:00 | Gaye | Calitzdorp | No I do not | Property rates | Our Municipality provides no services and is just a corrupt, self serving nepotistic organisation. They are systematically squeezing the last drop out of the townspeople to fund the township. They are killing the town , businesses have been closing for years, people can't afford to stay and can't sell their properties. It's a disaster. |
2026-09-08 08:59:59 +02:00 | Grant | Sun Valley | No I do not | Property rates | |
2026-09-08 07:35:27 +02:00 | Kerryn | Ugie | No I do not | Salary increases | |
2026-09-08 06:57:41 +02:00 | Arrione | Eersterust | No I do not | Property rates | It is concerning that every year property rates and taxes increase nevermind the electricity, water, sanitation and refuse removal because our salary does not get the required increase to keep up with this municipal increase just to pay staff increase there need to be a freeze in this increases the economy is down what is the purpose of it whilst not receiving half of the services you paid for. |