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Colin | RAMSGATE | No I am not | Totally not supplying services yet giving themselves fat increases and embezzlement | See above | |
Jeannie | Lester Park | No I am not | We are held to ransom by an incompetent ANC council who care nothing for their residents but only about feathering their own nest. The incompetence and lack of professionalism is dire. Pietermaritzburg's is filthy! The infrastructure is broken, service provision, pride in work, accountability, is lacking and we are coerced monthly to pay for services which aren't rendered. Why are rate payers not empowered by legislation to hold their municipalities to account. | The 10% exists who don't want to live in filth and abide by the rule of law. If, only they were also in the political class. | |
Terry | Somerset West | Not fully | Lack of knowledge with Client Services desk's. Suspect language issue. Otherwise, am glad l live in Cape Town! | Pot holes, repaired quickly & rd markings maintained. Regular updates with maintenance i.r.o. water, flooding & sewetage issues. | ALL STAFF/EMPLOYEES, should be FULLY bi-lingual, & knowledgeable in their job i.ro. service to the Public, & follow up on their queries Daily |
Jaco | No I am not | The exceptional very high rates and taxes the residents are paying to the municipality do not reflect the terrible poor state of the complete city and surroundings. Roads are a nightmare. The CBD is in shambles and a shame to any decent human being living in this air polluted city. Apart from being the second worst Eskom debt city, the water is undrinkable and days without any water. Can anyone with some common sense continue to live in this backward city called eMahlaleni | The nature out of any nearby city or dwellings | Establish or create a competent crime free and fraud free government | |
Roy | Doorn | No I am not | for years we've had problems with sewerage, water supply, potholes, refuse removal. Actually all services. You name it, we don't have it. After a ward meeting in December where we heard the usual promises from the Mayor, no improvement. | lately not very much, | Employ qualified, skilled and experienced people. Politics must not interfere with service delivery. |
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. | |
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. | |
Adele | KAGISO | No I am not | |||
Kim | Kenilworth | Not fully | Pot holes aplenty Broken pavements - more affluent areas like NEwlands and Claremont dont have this issue Pavements that have not been tarred over - left open Open manholes - covers not replaced with plastic covers | Regular dirt collection and road clean ups | x |
TOM | HOWICK | Yes I am | OUR MAYOR IS PROACTIVE AND WE GET REGULAR FEEDBACK ON WHAT THE MUNICIPALITY IS DOING | WE HAVE FREEDOM OF CHOICE | |
Leandra | GROENVLEI | No I am not | There are potholes that rarely gets fixed, and if they are fixed, its poorly done, causing the holes to open up again in several days. roads are not painted. gravel roads are not scraped. waste is not removed. | ||
Zasquea | Vereeniging | No I am not | We have been without electricity since the 28th of July, till now (10 Aug) and if you contact the control room they advertise everywhere, you don't get answers. They only say,"no ETA yet", "They are working on it", No update" I have spent 60% of my salary on the generator to keep the house up and running and to keep me working as i work from home. The other people in my area have burned down 1 of the streets but Emfuleni didn't care, yesterday the police was standing at that same area guarding it....they know the people are desperate and angry but they don't communicate anything. | The fact that neighbors stand together in a crisis, and help each other where they can. The citizens of this country has amazing and talented people, but with the unreliable leadership, those talents are lost. We have to potential to outshine the rest of the world. | Appoint people in leadership positions that actually have the right experience and knows what they are suppose to do, as soon as they commit something "wrong" get rid of them...forgive and ignore is ruining the lives of us who have to struggle to survive under them. |
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 ... | ||
Mogamat Jamiel | Kenwyn | No I am not | Our street lights have been on 24/7 for well over a year with numerous calls to the CoCT with no solution in sight. I had a leak at my water meter outside my property just over 18 months ago and instead of repairing the leak which is what I could have done...the outsource plumbing company came in and replaced the entire water meter and I got charged for it. There is no recourse against the CoCT for running, this once flourishing government department, into the ground and the consumer ends up paying for their inability to run this department smoothly... | At this point religious freedom - that's it | Get rid of the ANC, DA and EFF - simple... Enforce accountability, have an outsource company from Norway or Russia audit our finances and departments to ensure that our departments are delivering on their mandate. Immediately cut expenditure of high salaries, executive car allowances, illegal tenders, entertainment allowances |
Jon | George | Yes I am | George Municipality is keeping our town running smoothly. Providing basic services & providing opportunities for job creation. It is planning towards future growth & providing for increased services | George is a friendly town where people live in harmony and can enjoy freedom to walk the streets & in the mountain without fear of attack ( although it does occasionally happen) SA is a wonderful country to live in & is able to support all its citizens if the BEE & labour laws were done away with thereby creating a place for new work opportunities & for foreign investment |