The council had revived a year-old disputed bill for R1.5 million for an RDP house in Cosmo City. They sent the owners Mapule Emily Matsinhe, a domestic worker, and her husband Edward, a pre-termination notice.

Because the two used pay-as-you-go electricity and water, they did not owe anything for services, said Mapule’s employer Anne Naylor, who was trying to get to the bottom of the mess.

The council said it was investigating.

According to their system, the couple owed R295 for rates.

“Our team is investigating the errors relating to the final process of printing of statements which is suspected to be the source of the problem with the termination of notice the customer received,” spokesman Kgamanyane Stan Maphologela was quoted as saying.

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May 7, 2012

rasefatee

the results of cadre deployment then sue the municipality
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May 7, 2012

tumzangwana

A Johannesburg couple using pre-paid electricity have received a R1.5 million water and lights bill from the city
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the incompetence has started again i see.

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May 7, 2012

MommaC

.... and they want us to trust them to bill moving cars on a highway correctly?

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May 7, 2012

Dusc

The people working in accounts dept are not accurate I wish you can go and look everywhere everyone is complaining about accounts. Please fix this account customers can sleep because the councills dont do there work. They dont even answer there phones and is always on lunch or tea time I wish I can get a job in the govermenent . You are ony a number to them They dont care I dont know what is happening !!!!!! The heads of the dept of accounts just give you I dont no sorry you must pay.
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May 7, 2012

Vhamsanda

What did we expect the JHB council ?
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May 7, 2012

CheeseBoy

Joburg municipality is a fcuking mess. I almost bought a house in Midrand but after all this fuckery I decided hell no. I'll stay in Tswane Municipality. there is less of a mess there.
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May 7, 2012

rasefatee

CheeseBoy
Joburg municipality is a fcuking mess. I almost bought a house in Midrand but after all this fuckery I decided hell no. I'll stay in Tswane Municipality. there is less of a mess there.
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true tshwane is the best you pay what you exactly consumed
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May 7, 2012

Lehido

Here we go again
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