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Marius

Yes I do

Service delivery

As a farm owner, I am forced to pay rates and taxes.
The service roads to the farms is not municipal and is poorly maintained by provincial authorities. Farmers has to repair roads at their own expense to maintain the feasibility of the farming business.
There is ZERO services the municipality provides to the farming community. The supposed to be market related evaluation of farms is over inflated. To fight it is extremely time consuming and requires visits to the municipal offices. This removes you from the farm with a resulting loss in income. Meanwhile, the municipality works on the Pay, we will fix later, principle. The fix later never happens, even if you prove the valuation mistakes is on municipal side.
Rates should be frozen. Rates should be abolished forever. As if the tax on the farm income is fair. The system is destined to implode on itself.

Retha

Yes I do

Cost of living

Zethu

Yes I do

Cost of living

It is hard for real, hard

Jesica

Yes I do

Cost of living

People can't afford the high prices anymore.

Elza

No I do not

Cost of living

Working class people can't afford the current rates while the municipal employees live in luxury

Yandiswa

Yes I do

Cost of living

Riaan

Yes I do

Municipal collapse

Dianne

Yes I do

Municipal collapse

Jacobus

Yes I do

Municipal collapse

Local council almost non excistant, roads are old and falling apart.
House are over valued, excample ; a private dwelling raid and taxes a year ago was 1200,00 then three month’s later R 1800,,00 and then two months later R 3480, 00 pm as pensioners it’s outrageous!!
Electricity almost unaffordable!!!
Overall in a poor condition
No public transport!!

MICHAEL

Yes I do

Cost of living

Is it feasible to have a report rating on our monthly RATES bill?
The opposition party would have to monitor this and name and shame the Municipal section for non compliance. Somehow this should reach the office of the President.
Pie-in-the-sky??

D

Yes I do

Municipal collapse

We drive through a slalom course of potholes. Sewage flow in the streets. Waste collection - thank you waste pickers. These are only a few examples. So let's pay more for less. NO!

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?

Michela

Yes I do

Other

Rates and taxes to be lowered, as we are getting NO SERVICE at all. We are paying for what? It is ridiculous. Even if you sell your house you do not even get the money that you are paying rates & taxes for as the valuation is higher than the market value of the house. Our streets are filthy & no one even cuts the pavements anymore or cuts the trees. Pot holes have become a norm. Rates and taxes have become unaffordable to the average person. With all the increases in government services & inflation it is becoming impossible to keep the roof over your head and government is making it difficult for us to have a basic right of shelter over our heads. If rates & taxes continue to increase government will cause the property market to crash and cause more properties to be abandoned.....causing decay and municipalities to become bankrupt due to non payment.

Nonhlanhla

Yes I do

Cost of living

Evette

Yes I do

Cost of living

Everything is being increased and people cannot keep up!! Many people cannot even afford to buy food let alone pay sky high bills.

Tamzin

Yes I do

Cost of living

If any taxes or tariffs increases - then a law must be established and empowered for ALL worker's wage amounts to be increased ( in all sectors ) -- without wage increases, the increased taxes, tariffs and other rates cannot be afforded which leaves millions or South Africans without money for transport , without power, without water and without food

Mohammed

Yes I do

Cost of living

William

No I do not

Service delivery

Natasha

Yes I do

Cost of living

Mdumiseni

Yes I do

Cost of living

The cost of living is very high. We have things like personal income tax that even you get salary adjustment you can't see the difference in your salary.