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Mrs L

Yes I do

Cost of living

Hugo

Yes I do

Cost of living

As a retired person, everything is going up immensely every year, except pensions. This is unsustainable in the long run

Nomahlubi

Yes I do

Cost of living

Victoria

Yes I do

Cost of living

I cannot afford all these cost of living increases, i recieved no pay increase last year, only recieved a 3 percent increase this year and now we going through retrenchments cuz the business is not doing well so that means no pay increase next year. So how must i keep up with the rates if everything on there goes up too. And the City of Cape Town wants to push my property value up by almost 50 percent as well. How must i keep up with everything, i cant even fix my dilapidated house. I need new window frames and windows, a new roof cuz it leaks into the house etc. This is just madness

Tanja

Yes I do

Cost of living

Laetitia

Yes I do

Municipal collapse

The cost of living plus municipal collapse
The roads are so full of potholes and never gets repaired
They come and do half jobs on water leakages and water keeps running Down the roads sometimes for weeks on end and people are left without water from their taps as well
Escom is another problem as that is also power stations ever so often blow up or catch fire and then there’s no power for days in some instances

Marise

Yes I do

Municipal collapse

Citizens are expected to continue paying for poor service caused by mis management municipalities need compition and transparency.

Robyn

Yes I do

Cost of living

Law abiding citizens pay their ever increasing rates and taxes diligently, every month, yet many citizens choose to steal electricity with illegal electricity connection and the law enforcement and SAPS are too scared to enforce the rule of law. I fully support a freeze on rates, until all citizens in the country pay their fair share and stop getting a free ride off law abiding tax payers. There seem to be rules for some and not for others.

Citizens are able to meet the cost of living, yet Municipal and Government workers continually get increases that are not justified. Their salaries are not realistic to the average worker in the country. It is unfair that they are paid these exorbitant salaries and cannot deliver the services.

Zanele

Yes I do

Cost of living

C

Yes I do

Cost of living

Nando

Yes I do

Cost of living

Increase Rates and taxes are just fitting heavy wages for municipal salaries. Less maintenence and service deliveries.
No productive and proactive measures of service delivery. Employees earning to mush for to little work. Municipalities are relying to much on the 80/20 principles. 20% employed must carry 80% unemployed.

Lukas

Yes I do

Cost of living

Freezing municipal rates and taxes would ease financial pressure, help people budget better, and support local businesses by keeping more money in the community.

Cheri

Yes I do

Municipal collapse

Andrew

Yes I do

Municipal collapse

East London is known as "SLUMS" for a very good reason ... the entire municipality is filthy ... only one garden refuse & building rubble disposal site (at Berlin) .... mass dumping at all vacant sites and Bush areas.
Many sewage spills into virtually every valley.
Water leaks unattended.
Potholes proliferate.
Massive outdoor advertising billboards blocking views and distracting motorist eyes from traffic issues.
High cable theft, burglaries.
Uncontrolled observation of "Peace & Quiet" in residential suburbs after 22h00 and over weekends (noise pollution).

Jakobus P H

Not fully

Cost of living

I acknowledge that inflation affects everybody, but the remedy is more efficiency and not more monies paid for same service delivery should there be any as many municipalities fail in basic service delivery.

Dieter

Yes I do

Other

Why do South African home owners pay more so illegal individuals and those in informal settlements...who already get everything for free...can be assisted with our hard earned money? Do yourself a fovour and count the amount of satellite dishes at informal settlements. If you have money for sat TV you can contribute to having electricity connected legally and access to water. The DA....even the mayor Geordin Hill Lewis....seems to be on board with this. Why? Are you politicians not taking enough from hard working SA Citizens?

Nicole

Yes I do

Service delivery

Kerry

Yes I do

Municipal collapse

Justin

Yes I do

Municipal collapse

They destroyed the country and want more money? No!

Simon

Yes I do

Cost of living

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.

Municipalities awarding themselves generous pay increases while continuing to raise rates is unacceptable and fosters public resentment. The Municipal Property Rates Act provides mechanisms for national intervention where local rates materially and unreasonably prejudice economic activity. It is entirely within the powers of the Minister responsible for local government, with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance, to impose a freeze on municipal rates in the interest of national economic policy.

We call on the Ministers, National Treasury, and CoGTA to immediately freeze all municipal rates and tax increases until South Africa achieves meaningful economic recovery, restores employment levels, and ensures municipalities are fiscally responsible. South Africans cannot afford further financial strain while facing deteriorating municipal services and economic uncertainty.