Verwerping van Munisipale Begrotings

July 17th, 2010

Ons belastingbetalersverenigings as gemeenskapsgebaseerde organisasies is geregtig om beswaar te maak teen ‘n munisipale begroting alvorens dit goedgekeur is. Read the rest of this entry »

Status Quo Twaing Munisipaliteit

July 16th, 2010

Werknemers van die Tswaing Munisipaliteit het 16 dae na hul kontraktuele ooreenkoms vir ontvangs van betaling hulle salarisse ontvang.  Tswaing Munisipaliteit het nie die vermoë gehad om salarisse te betaal nie.  Werkers het kennisgewings ontvang waarin bevestig is dat die aftrekkings vir hul bybetalings by hule pensioenfondse vir die afgelope 3 maande nie ontvang is nie. Werkers het gedurende hierdie periode wel by die werk opgedaag maar geweier om te werk totdat salarisse ontvang is. Read the rest of this entry »

The Ethics of Withholding Rates – Landman and Hoffman

July 9th, 2010

Paul Hoffman, SC, expresses his opinion with regard to the legal opinion expressed by SP Rosenberg.  W Landman also contributes an essay regarding the ethics of withholding rates. Read the rest of this entry »

Ratepayers Bulletin No 38

July 9th, 2010

Vaaloewer: Carl Scholtz sent me a very interesting and professional newsletter for ratepayers in their area. Anyone who wants a copy can contact Carl at carl.scholtz@sasol.com Read the rest of this entry »

Ratepayers Newsletter No 37 – May 14th 2010

May 19th, 2010

A shocking programme on Carte Blanche on Sunday night spelled out the disastrous state of our water treatment systems, with many of our rivers as bad as open sewers. Instances were shown of people becoming sick as a result of contact with river water. Read the rest of this entry »

Ratepayers Bulletin No 36

May 11th, 2010

Bulletin for May 7th 2010.

Number 36

A PE High Court ruled in February that ratepayers can fire useless and corrupt municipal officials.  Read the rest of this entry »

Ratepayers Newsletter No 35

May 3rd, 2010

The most common question I have been asked is: what happens once a town starts to put its rates into a trust account? The answer is: usually nothing. Read the rest of this entry »

Bulletin No 34

April 23rd, 2010

Apology – last week’s newsletter suffered a formatting glitch that rendered it almost unreadable. Copies of past newsletters have been placed on the website. Read the rest of this entry »

Bulletin No 33

April 19th, 2010

Number 33 Read the rest of this entry »

Bulletin No 32 – April 2010

April 19th, 2010

Number 32 Read the rest of this entry »