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first-name | decision | top-concern | message |
|---|---|---|---|
Kerry | Yes I do | Municipal collapse | |
Cornel | Yes I do | Municipal collapse | Yes, I fully support an immediate FREEZE on municipal rates, taxes, and tariffs! South Africans are already crushed by rising costs, failing service delivery, crumbling infrastructure, and economic uncertainty—with GDP growth barely scraping 1-2% and households forced to choose between basics like food and paying inflated bills. Many municipalities are bankrupt or dysfunctional, yet they keep hiking rates while providing less and less value. This freeze is essential to protect property owners, ease the burden on over-taxed families and businesses, and force better accountability. No more excuses—implement the freeze now and prioritize fixing what’s broken! |
A | Yes I do | Cost of living | Bad municipal service delivery and the rising cost of living affect all. |
Ashiana | Yes I do | Service delivery | |
Jae | Yes I do | Municipal collapse | Taxation levels in South Africa are already too high. The people can’t expected to foot the bill for corrupt and inept municipal officials who want to fund their own lifestyles by continuing to take from the taxpayers and property owners through these weird laws and rates and taxes. |
Peter | Yes I do | Other | Service delivery is not existent, roads full of potholes, lights don't work and zero delivery from the municipality, which equals municipal collapse. Why pay for services which are non existent... |
Peter | Yes I do | Other | Service delivery is not existent, roads full of potholes, lights don't work and zero delivery from the municipality, which equals municipal collapse. Why pay for services which are non existent... Lastly, the increases totally out weigh the cost of living, |
Yvonne | Yes I do | Cost of living | I can't afford to pay bills anymore. I have no means to pay my outstanding bills aswel. It's tough |
Debbie | Yes I do | Municipal collapse | |
sinenhlanhla | No I do not | Other | There are so many internal crisis that South Africa is facing daily that need to be improve. We have too crime and a multiple nations represented in this country why choose one and how about solving the civil crisis of crime and attack that our country is facing first then look on how to help others My concern is that this is not just a political thing it will spread since we are county of diverse nationalities other people will feel entitled to miss tread or verbaly attack other just to provoke them to say certain things to thier disadvantage The question is our government ready to handle the civil war that will come our of this and the criminals that will use this a shield to commit their crime. What benefits is this to the people of this country in any way When we were fight apartheid in our country did any country do this for us or did any one come to our aid ? Do we even know the full picture on both sides of the countries how our rights to have our opinion is it not taken away slowly but surely by this new law that silence the truth and push political agendas even at the expense of our lives, our children and the futher generations of this country taking all authorities and responsibility from the people , shutting down our voices. And like sheeps to be slaughtered, with no voice taking all the rights that were once given setting this country purposeful for failure to make us dependent on the Government that have no interest in our well-being |
Johannes | Yes I do | Municipal collapse | |
Leon | Yes I do | Cost of living | All increases exceeds the increase of any salary except for the State Enterprises. The cost of living has become unbearable. |
Juan | Yes I do | Cost of living | Yes. An urgent freeze on municipal rates and taxes is essential in these uncertain economic times. Citizens face deteriorating services from failing municipalities, yet rates keep rising to fund inefficiencies and pay hikes. The Act empowers ministers to limit rates when they prejudice national economic policies or mobility of labour/capital—conditions clearly met today. Halt increases until pre-lockdown recovery levels are achieved; this prevents rates revolts and encourages responsible governance without punishing over-taxed residents. |
Mpumelelo | Yes I do | Cost of living | Municipal property values in general are increasing, so if tariffs remain the same the municipal revenue will still increase with the revised valuations as the GV Rolls are updated. It is unfair that the tariff rates increase while the municipal values simultaneously increase, and this results in the rate payers' expenses increasing exponentially and making cost of living unaffordable. Instead of increasing rates, the municipalities ought to consider zero-based budgeting. |
Jenni | Yes I do | Cost of living | Municipalities can take it from the corrupt officials and freeze their salary increases. |
Nicole | Yes I do | Cost of living | Not only must rates and taxes be frozen. Politicians salaries must also be frozen, or be performance related at the very least. The rates and taxes are unaffordable. It is deeply troubling that municipal rates and taxes continue to rise while the quality of service delivery remains extremely poor. At the same time, the cost of living for ordinary South Africans has become excessively high, as persistently rising inflation renders personal incomes and salaries inadequate to meet even basic needs. We pay rates and taxes, and yet no service delivery happens with municipalities wasting money, misappropriating it, or plainly just stealing the money. This means that we as citizens bear the brunt of municipal fat cats living luxury lives while we suffer. Citizens are over-taxed as it is. We need some way to ease this unfair burden on citizens. I strongly oppose any further increases in municipal property rates and local taxes at this time. South Africans are already overburdened by multiple layers of taxation and are struggling to recover from the severe economic impacts of the COVID-19 lockdowns. Any additional municipal rate or tax hikes will exacerbate financial hardship, harm household budgets, and impede economic recovery. |
Lynn | Yes I do | Cost of living | The high rates we pay don’t justify the poor service delivery. We are “lucky “ If our water and electricity work but we must pay regardless. Potholes and streetlights are occasionally haphazardly fixed |
Moate | Yes I do | Cost of living | It is deeply troubling that municipal rates and taxes continue to rise while the quality of service delivery remains extremely poor. At the same time, the cost of living for ordinary South Africans has become excessively high, as persistently rising inflation renders personal incomes and salaries inadequate to meet even basic needs. |
Eugene | Yes I do | Cost of living | |
Fernando | Yes I do | Cost of living | Cost of living in general |