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Marlisa

Yes I do

Cost of living

It's getting totally out of control. As low income and pensioners are NOT able to cope with the high levies.

Suzanne

Yes I do

Cost of living

The majority of South Africans are already unable to cover their most basic living costs. The freeze is necessary to ensure that we can pay for essential expenses.

Guy

Yes I do

Cost of living

It's not just the cost of living that is becoming unreasonable, but the services that are meant to be taking place are either done so cheaply that they just fall apart within the next week, or just not done at all.

Show. us where all the funds are being spent and show us proof of it being spent on those services and not just pocketed. I'm so tired of EVERYTHING getting so much more expensive, but NOTHING improving. Nothing being fixed. Nothing being improved for the people paying. Nothing.

Jacques

Yes I do

Service delivery

No service no money.

Kooven

Yes I do

Cost of living

Simple can not afford any additional expenses.

Ralph

Yes I do

Cost of living

In this uncertain economic time where national government is 1 step away from being fully communist, a failing country and bloated government at all levels the citizenry can no longer afford the growth of bloat. Budgets need to be cut and efficiency must be brought back.

Ada

Yes I do

Other

Our municipalities have failed us in the worst ways possible yet they receive their remuneration whether the produce results or not. We are over taxed yet we must keep on paying civil servants who don’t perform and increases on top of that. I don’t reward poor service delivery. Let them produce results and we shall reconsider. Carrot and stick approach.

Gerhard

Yes I do

Cost of living

This country has gone to hell in a hand basket. We as a people certainly don't get up in the morning and go to work to pay taxes and levies just to be poorer and poorer every year. When you look at maybe a 3-5 pay increase per year. You have to make room for at least double that in increases in taxes and levies. From Electricity to Petrol we are being milked dry. Even if you look at alternatives you are blocked by government such as solar vs Eskom's self given right to the sun. I also believe if more people take a walk or run to work government would levy and tax our tekkies more.

Miguel

Yes I do

Other

Andre

Yes I do

Municipal collapse

Tshepiso

Yes I do

Cost of living

Uolanda

Yes I do

Service delivery

Wilna

Yes I do

Other

The beaches are often overcrowded and are frequented mostly by locals on weekends and holidays. I would kindly suggest the implementation of access control to these locations, and the prohibition of alcohol consumption.

Annemarie

Yes I do

Municipal collapse

We simply cannot keep up anymore in South Africa. I preferred to put my pension money in a fund myself and now I get just more than half of my income. Good heavens, it's pension money, already paid taxes. Why do you hate retired people so much??? I struggle to just live because of taxes and ANC rubbish!

Annemarie

Yes I do

Cost of living

We are less than half of the country who has to take rising costs and taxes every day. We cannot afford it anymore! Government employees have to pay as well therefore the government itself need to set the example and pay for everything like we have to. You spend money on rubbish and we have to pay. It's unfair. Our municipality does nothing for our town, why pay them, for what service?

Gwen

Yes I do

Cost of living

Lemuel

Yes I do

Cost of living

Let businesses, companies, and corporations start paying their fair share for using our infrastructure.
Maybe start looking into some socialist / communist solutions.
No need for private sector vultures to come sweeping in to "rescue" the situation (i.e. line their own pockets)

Ashen

Yes I do

Cost of living

If there were no crime, if there were no water leaks, if South Africa were a rich country - I would not mind that we pay so much for taxes. FIRST, fix service delivery with the CURRENT finances, ONLY THEN can we trust municipalities with more money.

Marius

Yes I do

Cost of living

My top concern is all the above options
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Cost of Living - everything is too expensive

Service Delivery - government is not delivering services and infrastructure is collapsing (i joke that you need a 4x4 these days to drive on tarred roads...)

Municipal Collapse - the municipalities keeps raking in money and not delivering the required services

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If a business raised their tariffs while not delivering the expected service levels, they would go out of business.

The government on the other hand thinks they are immune, because taxes are not voluntary but compulsory, while business only make money when people voluntarily part ways with their money for the agreed product or service.

What if we refused to pay taxes and held government responsible for the service we pay for?

Hettie

Yes I do

Cost of living

The cost of living is currently so high, the lower class cannot afford the bare essentials. The inflation rate has gone down, BUT everything else KEEPS INCREASING. Where is the logic in that???

Now over and above that, the service level is poor, the municipalities are collapsing and the overpaid staff do not do what they are paid to do and the poor, unemployed and struggling citizens are being overcharged for failing services.