Archive for the ‘Municipal Budgets’ Category

Dispute letter

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Here is a superb example of a dispute letter written by various ratepayers associations in Mbombela. It would be an excellent example for other ratepayers’ associations to follow:
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A Guide to Budgeting

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Anyone who needs assistance in scrutinising budgets will find this document very helpful:
(Unfortunately it could not be loaded on the site as a PDF file, so it is attached as a document)
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Tulbach

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Here is a letter written by the Ratepayers Forum of Tulbach, regarding the salary increases for council officials.  It is a useful letter for organisations facing similar problems: (more…)

The Groblersdal Budget

Friday, June 12th, 2009

The Groblersdal Ratepayers Association has appealed to the Province to intervene in their local council’s budget. Following is a copy of the letter that was sent to the Provincial Treasury, outlining the problems. It makes interesting reading for ratepayers’ associations that might want to challenge their own town or city’s budget: (more…)