LETTER: Rather no management by councils than effective work by ratepayers
What caused the ratepayers of Kgetlengrivier to volunteer to help fix the water supply seems to have been ignored, and instead of receiving praise they have been punished
24 May 2021 - 13:50
It was inevitable given the appalling mismanagement of so many local municipalities up and down the country, that ratepayers would decide to get together to fix potholes, and even failing water and sewerage systems.
What flies in the face of common sense, public health and general safety is the reaction of municipal officials and their elected bosses, who have taken to the courts to retake control of the (now once more functioning) utilities...
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