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

[Vrotappel]

Geld rol in nadat Tshwane krag afsny | Maroela Media

Slegs 56% van die Tshwane-metroraad se kliënte vereffen hul maandelikse kragrekening en ondernemings en ’n aftreeoord se krag is ook Maandag afgesny.

maroelamedia.co.za

R148 million collected since drive started.

 

[grok]

It appears some businesses might even sue.

Gautrain is suing.. one can just imagine some idjit at the muni that reads invoices & statements at the Zuma level..

GAUTRAIN TAKES CITY OF TSHWANE TO COURT AFTER ITS POWER, WATER ARE DISCONNECTED​

JOHANNESBURG - The Gautrain on Tuesday hit back at the City of Tshwane, which has cut services to the Hatfield station, and is now heading to court.

The city argues that Gautrain owes it R10 million.

However, Gautrain said the Hatfield station had a pre-paid electricity metre and the account was not only up to date but was in fact in credit to the value of about R120,000.

It said the water account was also up to date.

Based on information shared with Gautrain staff, it appears that a screen grab sent from the City on Monday night may relate to rates and taxes.

But Gautrain said the properties upon which its stations were built had been acquired by the Gauteng government and, therefore, constituted public transport infrastructure.

Seems its a .gov screwup, again, and this time not even Cyril is surprised about that.

 

[TheChamp]

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

Wonder, I hope you are not attempting to say the R17bn is due the city being placed under administration, because even the DA did not say that, they accepted that they were soft on the defaulted.

The catalyst to this is Eskom embarrassing them some time ago.

 

[Vrotappel]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1493920877930586119

LOL

 

[Howdy]

It appears some businesses might even sue.

Only 2% sue, of which less than 1% succeed.

Geld rol in nadat Tshwane krag afsny | Maroela Media

Slegs 56% van die Tshwane-metroraad se kliënte vereffen hul maandelikse kragrekening en ondernemings en ’n aftreeoord se krag is ook Maandag afgesny.

maroelamedia.co.za

R148 million collected since drive started.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

Remember to tithe

 

[Hemi300c]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1493920877930586119

LOL

But they said they were in credit.

Can't believe anything the anc says

 

[Paul_S]

I read in one of Tshwane's responses (I can't find it right now) that if there is a dispute the customer is allowed to stop paying for the disputed service but they need to continue paying for the rest of the other services/charges.

i.e. Just because you have a dispute with the electricity readings does not mean you can stop paying for water, sanitation and rates and taxes. This apparently what a lot of customers including businesses did.

 

[daveza]

Sandton targeted for switchoff as Joburg follows Tshwane's hardball tactics

The iconic Sandton City mall in Sandton was among the buildings targeted as Johannesburg began “Operation #Buya Mthetho” on Wednesday.

www.timeslive.co.za

 

[Paul_S]

“We have different people cutting, disconnecting our customers. At the moment, in the City of Tshwane we only have 56 percent of our customers settling their monthly bill. We have 44 percent, and most of them who are able to pay, are not willing to do so.”

The days of bribing electricity officials are over says Tshwane mayor as he leads ’aggressive disconnection’ campaign

Tshwane Mayor Randall Williams said businesses had got away with not paying bills by bribing contractors not to disconnect them, or to reconnect them illicitly

www.iol.co.za

So effectively the paying customers are probably being overcharged by nearly 200% to subsidise those who don't pay for services they consume. Screw that!

 

[ToxicBunny]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1493920877930586119

LOL

Bwahaha that's brilliant

 

[3WA]

Sandton City now? So has anyone actually been paying diligently all this time?

 

[daveza]

Sandton City now? So has anyone actually been paying diligently all this time?

Yup - people like you and me.

 

[mercurial]

These arseholes clearly have the money to pay but didn't want to. Typical entitlement attitude. Tsek.

 

[wireddreams]

Remember to tithe

God will show them the light...

 

[3WA]

My power just went out. I hope the trigger-happy bastards didn’t just cut me off.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

My power just went out. I hope the trigger-happy bastards didn’t just cut me off.

(not you) I'm betting quite a few' tunes will change if they are affected. Again the smarter and more intelligent question is 'why now'.

 

[WalkWithMe]

But they said they were in credit.

Can't believe anything the anc says

Gautrain is in credit, the Landlord rates and taxes. aka the Gauteng Provinvial Government was in arreas. Not Bombela (Gautrain) issue but the landlord, i.e. the provencial government.

 

[3WA]

(not you) I'm betting quite a few' tunes will change if they are affected. Again the smarter and more intelligent question is 'why now'.

Thing is, I’m paid up. And their bloody fault reporting page is down.

 

[qscwbt]

When is soweto being cut off?

The debt owed by Soweto residents to Eskom has decreased to R7. 5 billion in 2021 from R12. 8 billion last year, but this was because the power utility wrote off R5. 3 billion.

This after 3.6 billion soweto debt was written of in 2019

No fear no favor................................. Unless Soweto.

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