Named and shamed: Tshwane cuts power to SARS, SAPS and Gautrain station over 'non-payment' of bills

[mercurial]

PA ra pa pa pa, I'm loving it.

 

[TelkomUseless]

Haha... government not paying. The gravy flows to cadres... not service providers.

 

[Vrotappel]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1493533696707768324

Everything run by racist deployed ANC cadres.

 

[supersunbird]

So if SARS isn't using our tax money to pay rent, where is it going?

Who says they're not paying rent? Maybe the landlord isn't paying the bills he should. SAPS Head Office is rented,

 

[3WA]

'Our account is up to date, City of Tshwane cut off services illegally' - Gautrain | News24

The Gautrain said the Hatfield station has a pre-paid electricity metre and the account is not only up to date, but in credit to the value of approximately R120 000.

www.news24.com

Is the city screwing this up?

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

'Our account is up to date, City of Tshwane cut off services illegally' - Gautrain | News24

The Gautrain said the Hatfield station has a pre-paid electricity metre and the account is not only up to date, but in credit to the value of approximately R120 000.

www.news24.com

Is the city screwing this up?

Would not be surprised.

 

[supersunbird]

'Our account is up to date, City of Tshwane cut off services illegally' - Gautrain | News24

The Gautrain said the Hatfield station has a pre-paid electricity metre and the account is not only up to date, but in credit to the value of approximately R120 000.

www.news24.com

Is the city screwing this up?

I wonder from when 2020 the property and rates account was not being paid.. during the administration period? Was it being paid before then? Who paid it before then and whyu did they stop? Did the account only get created then?

 

[ForceFate]

'Our account is up to date, City of Tshwane cut off services illegally' - Gautrain | News24

The Gautrain said the Hatfield station has a pre-paid electricity metre and the account is not only up to date, but in credit to the value of approximately R120 000.

www.news24.com

Is the city screwing this up?

It appears some businesses might even sue.

 

[3WA]

Would not be surprised.

I wonder from when 2020 the property and rates account was not being paid.. during the administration period? Was it being paid before then? Who paid it before then and whyu did they stop? Did the account only get created then?

It appears some businesses might even sue.

It would be nice for one of these cases to go to court and get aired out so we can see if the city has its ducks in a row. I hope they know what they’re doing because if they’ve made a few mistakes, the real delinquents are also going to be crying foul.

 

[TheChamp]

What would be more annoying if they mess things up is that even the actual non payers are now going to find some credibility.

 

[B-1]

They can still cut off your electricity if you don't pay the rates and taxes. Gautrain should take it up with their landlord.

 

[supersunbird]

They can still cut off your electricity if you don't pay the rates and taxes. Gautrain should take it up with their landlord.

Gautrain own the station.

 

[rietrot]

They can still cut off your electricity if you don't pay the rates and taxes. Gautrain should take it up with their landlord.

I bet the landlord is an ANC cadre pocketing large amounts of rent. Why the Gautrain don't own their own properties is behond me.

 

[B-1]

Gautrain own the station.

Cool, then they know who to talk to.

 

[TheChamp]

I bet the landlord is an ANC cadre pocketing large amounts of rent. Why the Gautrain don't own their own properties is behond me.

That's how tenders work, owning anything is frowned upon.

 

[supersunbird]

I bet the landlord is an ANC cadre pocketing large amounts of rent. Why the Gautrain don't own their own properties is behond me.

They do own it, so now it's not beyond you. Great news!

 

[3WA]

They can still cut off your electricity if you don't pay the rates and taxes. Gautrain should take it up with their landlord.

Gautrain own the station.

So is there some issue about the property being taxed in an inappropriate way? I don’t really understand it, but that's what I gather from the quotes below.

Based on information shared with staff at the station this morning, it appears that the screengrab sent to us last night may relate to rates and taxes. The properties upon which Gautrain stations are built have been acquired by the Gauteng provincial government as a public transport project and in terms of Section 11 of the Gauteng Transport Infrastructure Act of 2001 (the GTIA).

The Gauteng provincial government proclaimed the necessary land rights to build and operate the Gautrain railway line over this property and therefore constitutes public transport infrastructure for the purposes of rates and taxes," she said.

 

[rietrot]

They do own it, so now it's not beyond you. Great news!

Thanks just going off someone else who claimed there is a landlord.

It appears that you are incorrect and the Gauteng provincial government owns the properties.

 

[Vrotappel]

Tshwane Metro's finances moved from a surplus to a deficit under administrators: Williams - SABC News

The DA regained control of the Metro last month after the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled in its favour that the decision by Gauteng MEC for Human Settlement Lebogang Maile to dissolve the council was unlawful.

www.sabcnews.com

No wonder

 

[Vrotappel]

CoJ also going to do this.

Like City of Tshwane, City of Joburg ready to gain momentum in collecting revenue debt

The City of Joburg is gaining momentum in its effort to recover about R38 billion in unpaid municipal rates and taxes from residents, businesses and government.

www.iol.co.za