EDITOR – What nonsense is Ethekwini asking us to swallow now?
They are threatening to cut off our lights and water if we do not co-operate in enabling them to update their new database.
Why is this? They already have all this information. Does the rates department not share their information?
We all know that in order to transfer property to new owners we have to get a rates clearance certificate to submit to the Deeds Office. On that rates clearance application, the name of the seller and the new purchaser is compulsory so, hey presto, all the information they require is there.
Owners of property are now liable for any tenants’ outstanding rates, electricity and water accounts so they do not need to know if the property is rented. How can we supply false information? Why must we now have to apply for this rebate that formerly was automatic? It is obvious that a lot more people will have to be employed to attend to the huge influx of applications. Methinks it is a ploy to have ‘a good story to tell’ when the ANC has to account for the number of new jobs they have created. Do they think we are all idiots?
HAZEL CALDWELL
