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Martinus Christoffel

Yes I do

Cost of living

maeve

Yes I do

Cost of living

Prior to 2003 municipalities functioned 100% better without rates. Now new cars are being bought, festivals are held and the caterers paid way too much for the so called services delivered. Too many employees who do not work and who are not competent and knowledgeable

Sandy

Yes I do

Cost of living

Sandy

Yes I do

Cost of living

In your section “what is your top concern?” All of them are, not only cost of living. What a national disgrace that we have to sign petitions to try and change the President’s mind for wanting bad things for our country because of evil, greed and corruption, but to no avail.

Bert

Yes I do

Municipal collapse

1. Municipalities do only collect from 40% of the residents for water, electricity and rates and taxes.
2. It seems that employees of the municipality is exempted from the mentioned above.
3. The residents pay for services but the municipality do not pay Rand Water and Eskom.
4. The tax payer must now pay more tax in that National Government must for the debts of the municipalities to Rand Water and Eskom. Thus the tax payer pay twice for services.
5. Projects are handle on a BEE basis and twice as much moneys are paid. These monies find their way back to the pockets of people awarding tenders.
6. Competent technical staff are replaced with politicians thus no serve delivery.
7. Competent technical staff are replaced with politicians and the life of residents are jepardize, e.g. Hamanskraal water.

ian

Yes I do

Cost of living

The Rates and Taxes have increased too much, how does the middle class family survive with these high costs?

Donald

Yes I do

Cost of living

Abigale

Yes I do

Cost of living

George

Yes I do

Cost of living

Economically, South Africa is failing increasingly. Government’s salary & wage bill is beyond any measure of balance or reasonableness. It has to be reigned in. This comment applies especially to Local Government! If urgent action is not taken to reverse the situation, municipalities WILL collapse, as budgets become moribund. The People can no longer afford the rates & taxes. Municipalities are replete with incompetents, whose priorities do NOT accord with those of the people and more senior professionals, who may or may not be in the grip of a party political elite. My concern is that, inevitably, desperate residents and others, who can no longer live with the inappropriate cost of living being thrust upon them by Government, will revolt against authority en masse!

M

Yes I do

Cost of living

Government/Municipalities are being deprived of well-educated financial people and left to the illiterate government employees who cannot apply logic to the already existing inflation - and the rising cost of food and necessities - humongous government debt - the economic downturns such as load shedding - SOE bail out - increased bank rates - decrease in household incomes - all in the name for self-enrichment.