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Greg | Garsfontein | No I am not | Non Delivery of services that we are paying for. Water and power outages that the municipality, due to ; neglect, lack of competency, lack of effective maintenance, has allowed infrastructure to be damaged and has not addressed the real issues. Spending money on water tankers does not fix leaking pipes. | Its the greatest country on earth. Has the greatest people on earth. | |
Werner | Eduan Park | No I am not | All over Eduan Park there are potholes | ||
Anita | La Mercy | No I am not | Pot hole roads, power outs due to poor maintenance, litter all over, some places still no water supply... Need I go on.... | The people who work and try to make things work | 1. Instead of jailing drug addicts and criminals and leaving them to feed off the system, while doing nothing, introduce hard labour. Make them pay back to society by making them clean roads, fill potholes, do maintenance. 2. Reintroduce practice skills into schools I. E. Woodwork, welding, handcrafts, sewing, building, mechanics, electronics, so that when kids leave school they at least have a skill and a way of earning their keep. People who can use their hands have the means to have an income. |
Stefan | Potchefstroom | No I am not | |||
William | Brackenhurst | No I am not | Takes too long to repair water leaks and assist with issues. Potholes don't get fixed in local area. Price increases are high on water and electricity and readings are not always correct, but we have to pay | We look after each other with the security and help the local police fix their vehicles and try to prevent crime in our area | Reduce councilors and ministers, why do we need all these deputy ministers. Action against corruption and support the people your supposed to serve and not your political party |
D | No I am not | Infrastructure collapse and pathetic service, and also pathetic service at the municipal offices. | We need to be able to privatise service delivery, electricity generation and water and sanitation services. | ||
Alexander | No I am not | There is too much politics and not enough action. Continual changes in leadership. Very little action in terms of formalising homeless facilities and managing them. Keeping the town clean. Approval of building plans. Lack of skilled personnel. | Knysna is a retirement and tourist area. It is peaceful and harmonious. The environment makes a good place to be. | There are lots of retired people with years of experience and willing to put back into the community. Try and get them to assist. | |
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. |
Joe | Durbanville | Yes I am | Good service delivery & friendly | Good service delivery & friendly | Keep left & pass right ! |
Amanda | NAMAHADI | No I am not | Regular load and watershedding. Incompetence has led to a private company, Rural Free State servicing the community at !uch higher prices for electricity. Stake holders don't bother showing up for meetings. Promises of going from house to house to determine income so that more people pay 3 years ago haven't realised. 80%+ of budget goes to exorbitant salaries when staff don't even pitch for work. | Right now, only that I can worship God. | Turn back to God. Start community permaculture centes. Clean up your own neighbourhood. Plant fruit trees, berries, nuts everywhere. |
Hugh | Sunnyside | No I am not | |||
John | Hillcrest | No I am not | The eThekwini region has gone to the dogs. The roads, armco barriers, etc appear to be no longer attended to. There are constant reports of sewage pump stations and infrastucture failure resulting in environmental incidents. There appears to be little to no work being done on infrastucture by the municipality. Getting through on communication facilities appears is just short of imposible and when you do you get pushed from pillar to post with no resolution. Another failed municipality. | The cohesiveness of the remaining civil society. | See above |
Llewellyn | Baysville | No I am not | |||
Coenraad | Piet Retief | No I am not | They got local load shedding because they allow people to steal the electricity. the person who fix the electricity by pass fusses that cause cables to blast and blame it on "old" cables. Funds get lost and business's who legal operate get targeted because off load shedding. The streets are full op pot holes and where the trucks travel, the road is disintegrated. Locals had to fix what they could with their money. Water pipes that bust regularly. they are completely in competent. | same minded peolle | get people who is righteous to control money and decision making |
Michael | Meyerton | Yes I am |