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Zasquea | Vereeniging | No I am not | Selective garbage disposal - they skip weeks on end. No notification when working on electricity causing major disruptiveness and damage. Town looks like a rubbish dump because they do not keep or clean, there is no pride. No notification when working on water related issues. Roads are falling apart. No assistatnace from municipal officials when you are at their offices. How is it possible for them to "close the HQ" due to non rent payment if we pay every month. Disgusting attitude from labour and office staff...there is no customer service etiquette. Storm drains are not maintained for over 7 years causing street and houses to fload with massive storms. If a drain is cleaned...that rubbish is left right there in the driveway or street, filled with broken glass, ripped plastic and awful smelling mud. This is dagerous especially when we have 2 primary school on both sides of us with small children passing the house and some playing in the street. Traffic lights are stolen due to them not working for years on end causing more and more car accidents. I cant remeber the last time our street lights were fuctioning...the street has been in complete darkness each night for years. | We as a community are storg when we stand toghether. We help eachother and care for 1 another. We support small businesses. We look after the safety and security of each other. We try and do what the municipality fails to do by trying to to keep the roads pothole free and clean...but we do not have the resources. We try adding some light on our street using our security lights so that the passing cars can have some guidance while driving at night. We as the people are something that most countries would be proud of for having...yes there are a few rotten apples, but most of us are working and fighting for a better future for us and our countrymen woman and children. We have some of the most sought after resources in the world. We are amazing workhorses. We have the potential of being 1 of the strongest countires in the world with the proper leaders. South Africans is a force to be reckond with...if we are allowed to show the world our power. | |
Philile | Centurion | No I am not | The readings for utilities are not a true reflection. I use handigas stove and solar geyser. I live with my 6 year old and we normally don't use the TV. Our fridge is the only appliance that is consuming power 24/7. Load shedding has been hitting us. Bills are rising monthly. Worse being that the meter box is always unsecured and they left it like that when they came once to check something. | Unicipalities should not use rates as revenue. They need to have proper facilities where they charge minimal (e.g. below Virgin Active) and allow people to enjoy those places. San Parks charges very little and we still visit them. People love gated complexes with swimming pools and club houses to host their kids parties because municipalities long abdicated their role to the developers. Municipality is the Mother Developer. They need to own their space. | |
Jacobus | Lyttelton | No I am not | The roads are in an apauling condition and in desperate need of top sealing, I have sent numerous emails over the past years but to no avail. Think about it, we are 1024 houses in my street alone, taxes are R1075pm excluding services, just dirty steal-our-money tax, that is R1 100 800pm from one street and they cannot even reseal the 40+year old road surface. On top of the tax we pay for water, elec, sanitation, city beautification (whatever that is), and garbage removal. Where does the R1.1m go? | We all complain about crime, last year they stole my high performance PC (R80k, and the insurance did not pay), but that is nothing. Politicians and people in government that do nothing and get paid for it, is stealing far more. A senior officer in municipality can get R80k every month for doing absolutely nothing that is a bigger crime than breaking into my home and stealing. Same goes for politicians they get paid for ruining the economy and talking out of their asses - criminals! I would enjoy seeing more politicians and perisites in government pack their things and leave, (or commit suicide). We need a Town plane where we can watch them being hanged, that will be great fun. | Upgrade the sidewalks so that cyclists and pedestrians can use them, it is absolutely appalling how arrogant the municipality is towards pedestrians and cyclists. In Selborne Av (the school street) some businesses (go have a look at no 7) have blatantly converted the sidewalk and bike lanes to parking, forcing the kids into the busy avenue, which Metro does nothing about. This is understandable though, since once you buy a fancy car (using tax money) you apparently do really care about anyone else. Resealing the roads will also stop the rapid degradation during rain, but again...once you have that cosy spot in government or municipality and you have that car... pappa...then you have made it and de hell with the rest. |
Nokubonga | Ncandu Park | Yes I am | The municipality of Newcastle is generally well run. | ||
Andre | Linton Grange | No I am not | Street lights arte left burning during the day Water leaks are fixed temporary where the same leak is fixed every week Potholes are ignored. Speed humps are unmarked without proper chevrons to warn at night Taxi operators loiter and destroy the public park and toilet facilitie3s which are not maintained or cleaned. Municipal grass is left for cows to come and graze in the residential area. Water charges are exorbitant and inconsistent. | Nothing | Open a soup kitchen structure that community churches can utilize to feed the homeless with toilet and shower facilities. |