City billing debacle could affect our mental health
THE ethekwini Municipality must be prosecuted for billing consumers incorrectly. This places a person in a very stressful situation. This could have a drastic effect on one’s health.
The municipality does not care about the suffering. Why doesn’t the municipality request that consumers take snapshots of the electricity and water meters and email them to the section in charge of capturing? All that is required to obtain true usage is to subtract current from the last physical reading of both meters. Total the amounts paid during the estimate. The estimates are in most cases billed higher than actual usage. | KEMRAJ
There are many South Africans who never liked the ANC from its conception and throughout its many years of leadership in the Struggle against apartheid. They get very sore at heart and depressed every time it gets the mandate to serve and lead.
Honestly speaking, there is no political party today in South Africa that is in the league of the ANC, not only in terms of the justness of its cause and the correctness of its political line, but in terms of the depth of its experience of leadership and governance, human resources and its closeness to the political pulse of the masses.
Even the DA is harping on “coalitions” because good analyses indicate that it has no capacity to grow support that is beyond 20% of the voting public. Let us all wait and see, but work hard and campaign fairly. | LEO REX
I managed to listen to the leaders of the political parties’ responses to the State of the Nation Address, and the leaders of the IFP and DA stood out.
I must say that for the first time I was mighty impressed by those two leaders, especially how John Steenhuisen turned the Tintswalo story around to blow up in Cyril
Ramaphosa and the ANC’S faces. These 2024 elections are certainly going to be interesting. Let’s engage and apply our minds.
I can’t believe I praised Steenhuisen, but do yourselves a favour and listen to his speech. | ROD SOLOMONS
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