A number of regional newspapers reported extensive increases in Municipal tariffs recently. This, despite ever weakening service delivery and ever increasing corruption as applies to expenditure. In actual fact, a number of local government authorities were highlighted by the auditor general again for misappropriation of public funds. In one case, the notorious Oudtshoorn Municipality, government is actually considering to put the municipality under administration.
The Springs Advertiser on the Gauteng East Rand reported increases as follows:
Assessment Rates – 7.5%
Electricity: 12,2%
Water: 14,5%
Sanitation: 9,5%
Refuse removal: 8%
At the same time the Ridge Times in Mpumalanga announced the following increases:
Sewage: 13.5%
Water: 13.5%
Solid Waste: 6%
Property: 6%
Electricity: 12,2%
This is, of course, hardly surprising considering the state of local authorities. The more money they waste, the more they need from the honest taxpayer. The ongoing troubles with the accusations of corruptions against Mayor Patricia Mosito in Thabazimbi is not showing any signs of a solution while a group of citizens under leadership of people like Frik Erasmus and Hannalie Lötter is struggling to get support from the community to get rid of Mosito and her questionable administration. Front National confirms our support to this group and to all other citizens not accepting their corrupt ANC and DA local authorities. And for those still clinging to the belief that the DA is the solution – Oudtshoorn is in the Western Cape run by the DA and is alternating between the DA and the ANC constantly. Vote DA to solve the problem? Look at Oudtshoorn and go figure the rest…
The only question we are interested in, really, is: Are we going to use the opportunity of the local government elections in 2016 to get rid of these authorities, or at least to elect representatives standing for FN to give them hell? If not, we won’t get much further than sitting around complaining about the cost of basic service delivery…and not forgetting that you and I are paying the cost of the township as well, not so?
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