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Submitted | first-name | support | message |
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2026-08-25 02:22:04 +02:00 | Tim | Yes—My councillor is accessible and gets issues resolved quickly | |
2026-08-25 02:13:59 +02:00 | Craig | Yes—My councillor is accessible and gets issues resolved quickly | I know my ward councillor is a member of the DA but I have no idea who they may be. I live in a METRO that is well run and consequently I have had little cause to engage with my councillor. This is no excuse for my ignorance but is perhaps indicative of just how successfully the MMETRO is run. Everything is not perfect, but any call I have made to the City of Cape Town, at least for the past 20 years, has resulted in speedy, professional and a generally excellent response for the municipality. |
2026-08-25 00:53:17 +02:00 | Alison | No—Bureaucracy is too slow, local issues are ignored, and decisions are dictated by party bosses | |
2026-08-25 00:21:32 +02:00 | Sharon | Yes—My councillor is accessible and gets issues resolved quickly | |
2026-08-24 23:56:53 +02:00 | Karin | Yes—My councillor is accessible and gets issues resolved quickly | |
2026-08-24 23:51:14 +02:00 | Kevin | No—Bureaucracy is too slow, local issues are ignored, and decisions are dictated by party bosses | |
2026-08-24 23:36:11 +02:00 | Jeffrey | No—Bureaucracy is too slow, local issues are ignored, and decisions are dictated by party bosses | Municipal elections should never be based on party politics but should be the best person for the job. i.e. The person who will actually vote their conscience and do what they voters promised to do. We need less rhetoric and more actual plans from municipalities. Plan should include timelines, resourcing, and deliverables with firm budgets. |
2026-08-24 23:27:03 +02:00 | Edward | Yes—My councillor is accessible and gets issues resolved quickly | |
2026-08-24 23:15:16 +02:00 | Shona | No—Bureaucracy is too slow, local issues are ignored, and decisions are dictated by party bosses | |
2026-08-24 23:13:14 +02:00 | Linda | No—Bureaucracy is too slow, local issues are ignored, and decisions are dictated by party bosses | |
2026-08-24 23:00:57 +02:00 | Ilse | No—Bureaucracy is too slow, local issues are ignored, and decisions are dictated by party bosses | |
2026-08-24 22:57:16 +02:00 | Danny | No—Bureaucracy is too slow, local issues are ignored, and decisions are dictated by party bosses | |
2026-08-24 22:45:27 +02:00 | Bengine | No—Bureaucracy is too slow, local issues are ignored, and decisions are dictated by party bosses | John Stuart Mills actually said "Let not anyone pacify their conscience by the delusion that they can do no harm if they take no part or form no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends than good men look on and do nothing". Edmund Burke is typically credited with the other quote - although that is not 100% confirmed. Nevertheless both are relevant - John Stuart Mills more so as his came from his inaugral address in speech that was directly aimed at keeping the corrupt state in check. Bureaucracy and red tape is anathema to a properly functioning society. Weak bureaucrats measure their effectiveness by the paper they produce and the laws and regulations they promulgate. We are drowning in red tape and the more that is added the less it does to improve things. Bureaucrats are (for the most part) weak minded and self serving and will continue to make things worse while spewing empty promises to keep their position. The only way to curtail their incompetence and greed is to shine a big light on them and let them know if they don't deliver at an acceptable standard - they are done. We are too complacent. |
2026-08-24 22:39:36 +02:00 | Jennifer | No—Bureaucracy is too slow, local issues are ignored, and decisions are dictated by party bosses | |
2026-08-24 22:29:56 +02:00 | Janine | No—Bureaucracy is too slow, local issues are ignored, and decisions are dictated by party bosses | |
2026-08-24 22:09:36 +02:00 | Jean | No—Bureaucracy is too slow, local issues are ignored, and decisions are dictated by party bosses | |
2026-08-24 22:07:05 +02:00 | Debby | No—Bureaucracy is too slow, local issues are ignored, and decisions are dictated by party bosses | City of Cape needs to choose staff by thoae who willl look for answrs to customers queries and not simply say they dont know or pass you on. Dogs are allowed off leash on many cape town beaches a nd thus msy and do bite at times. Owners tuen a blind eye. They poo on the beaches. Some Owners walk off or shout at you if you say anything. Nothing is done by our councillor or anyone else. No care. No human rights to walk on Milneryon beach. Debby |
2026-08-24 21:55:12 +02:00 | Louie | No—Bureaucracy is too slow, local issues are ignored, and decisions are dictated by party bosses | |
2026-08-24 21:47:37 +02:00 | Jack | No—Bureaucracy is too slow, local issues are ignored, and decisions are dictated by party bosses | No Ward 21 councillor Hendri Terblanche is incompetent. His shortcomings are well known. He has been protected by his political heads for years. There is clear and irrefutable evidence of his shortcomings and morning is done about it |
2026-08-24 21:41:04 +02:00 | Shaun | Yes—My councillor is accessible and gets issues resolved quickly | Mandy Marr is the best! |
2026-08-24 21:39:27 +02:00 | Teria | No—Bureaucracy is too slow, local issues are ignored, and decisions are dictated by party bosses | Local communitues/wards should have an input and say in budgeting items and expenditure per ward. Rates and Tax money is not equally used for everyone. 75% of rates and taxes are used for upliftment of the previous disadvantaged, this to the neglect of existing areas of whom pays most of the rates and taxes. The Deep South, Cape Town is neglected e.g. Scarborough / Ward 61 where stormwater infrastructure is non-existant and roads not cleared from vegetation and road surface and edges are badly maintained i.e. M65 from Simons Town to Kommetjie, Red-Hill and Scalla roads. |
2026-08-24 21:29:43 +02:00 | Fritz | Yes—My councillor is accessible and gets issues resolved quickly | |
2026-08-24 21:22:51 +02:00 | Andrea | No—Bureaucracy is too slow, local issues are ignored, and decisions are dictated by party bosses | |
2026-08-24 21:14:07 +02:00 | Leo | Yes—My councillor is accessible and gets issues resolved quickly | Yes very impressed with performance |
2026-08-24 21:12:23 +02:00 | Colleen | No—Bureaucracy is too slow, local issues are ignored, and decisions are dictated by party bosses | I would have nominated myself if I had not already been disqualified for the last 25 years - for every position where I would useful and be able to support myself instead of having to rely on a sassa pension as an indigent. The local councillors serve the party/municipality and their own interests. Not the residents. Both this councillor and the previous one, even more so. The previous one was always available for a publicity PR shoot but as far as I am aware made no visible or noticeable contributions to our suburb during her term. Councillor's generous car allowances should rather be re-allocated to a local resident to act as a ward inspector. to monitor that service requests have been completed and executed professionally. It should have been mandatory for ALL councillors to WALK every street in their ward starting from day one but instead they not only expect residents to log service requests but to monitor that they are executed. Also the 5 year plans are not satisfactorily detailed or presented. Every item budgeted for should be quantified and the specific address disclosed in the proposal so that ratepayers can see if it has been done. AND the total of all rates collected for each ward should be published in the relevant free local community tabloid., breaking down each into the various service categories that they are collected for - i.e. property taxes, water, refuse, sewerage, electricity so that the ratepayers can make informed decisions as to whether they are getting adequate services and infrastructure/ R.O.I. for their rather substantial contributions.. Sharing 2 law enforcement officers salaries between 2 wards is a no no. All expenditure should be ringfenced to one specific ward. Was told in December 2024 that a +/- 5 meter section of road that has needed resurfacing for years would probably not be done as there were not enough materials. How can there already be as shortage of tar 5 months after 1st July? Theft or incompetency? Still not done. About 5 potholes there have to be refilled every year. How can rubber matting for a play park not be installed under ALL swings? Is there a bonus for "delivering" under budget? And "security fencing for substations" not be quantified in the ward plan. ? This makes auditing very cumbersome. And why is just a fraction of our property taxes collected from our ward utilized in our ward? Reparations because of apartheid were made years ago and land claimants were compensated, choosing either land or the monetary value. Further why are we paying for township municipal services and houses occupied by economic refugees that have their own houses in the eastern cape or in other countries, or officials that have housing subsidies but are illegally renting the houses that they bought with their subsidies? Government is shifting service delivery failures onto the already overburdened citizen. Government must cut expenditure on exhorbitant officials salaries that are NOT serving the interests of the people of this country so that ALL rates and taxes collected in a ward be spent in the ward where it was collected. and not be used as a housing budget for economic refugees in other wards! Road and fuel taxes should be used for road maintenance and new infrastructure. Licencing and traffic fines to pay officials that issue them. VAT, personal and business taxes should be used for state employees . And rates taxes strictly for NEW public infrastructure., in the suburb where it is collected, not maintenance. |
2026-08-24 21:06:15 +02:00 | Sophia | Yes—My councillor is accessible and gets issues resolved quickly | |
2026-08-24 21:03:33 +02:00 | Anthonie | No—Bureaucracy is too slow, local issues are ignored, and decisions are dictated by party bosses | |
2026-08-24 20:55:22 +02:00 | Cornelia | No—Bureaucracy is too slow, local issues are ignored, and decisions are dictated by party bosses | |
2026-08-24 20:45:13 +02:00 | Martin | Yes—My councillor is accessible and gets issues resolved quickly | I'm very concerned about the councilor being influenced by outside national influences. Recently she has been making irrational decisions which is clearly bad for out community. The only logical explanation is that there are outside forces which we are not seeing on the surface. |
2026-08-24 20:40:42 +02:00 | Sheela | Yes—My councillor is accessible and gets issues resolved quickly |