DA stop punishing poor, end water circus – or else

File photo: African News Agency/ANA

File photo: African News Agency/ANA

Published Jul 17, 2018

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The ANC in the Western Cape is disturbed by the exorbitant water bills the City of Cape Town (CoCT) has charged unsuspecting residents, due to what they termed incorrect water readings.

These incorrect water readings are coupled with an unjustifiable 10% increase on water tariffs and a water device management system which punishes the poor through water restrictions once their limit has been exhausted. The acknowledged water crisis has been engineered by the DA government to create a Day Zero scarecrow which has led to this opportunistic and unethical restructuring of water tariffs for profiteering.

The City also unilaterally increased water tariffs without public consultation, leading to mass public unrest in all communities. t is needless to say that the worst-affected are the poor and working class as they are now at the receiving end of debt generated by an incompetent DA-led Cape Town City Council.

The ANC warns the CoCT to end this circus and demands the following:

* Stop ridiculously high water tariff increases, including the 10% drought levy increase.

* Turn off water device management system which were forced on vulnerable, poor households;

* Scrap all incorrect and unjustifiable water bills.

We give the CoCT until Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 5pm to respond to our demands.

Failure to pay heed to this will leave us with no choice but to launch a class action on behalf of all Capetonians.

The ANC will not allow Capetonians, who so bravely sacrificed to save water, to be punished with higher tariffs and unjust billing.

Faiez Jacobs

Provincial Secretary

ANC Western Cape

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