@CityofCT Dont see whats so abnormal about that specific blocked drains, that it needs a newspaper article. Please stop gaslighting Capeflats residents and start being serious about servicing these communities properly! Imagine telling ppl they are irresponsible bcoz a drain is blocked.
Philippi — this has to stop.
Rags, rubble and foreign objects combined to form this massive blockage ball pulled from a sewer line in in Philippi.
2730 blockages this financial year. Cost: over R5,6 million.
Irresponsible behaviour hurts everyone.
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@pookiepolls 💯 as a CT property owner I also objected and went to public participation meetings. Arrogantly all objections were ignored
Sadly slowly the DA are trying to implement the WEF agenda. The connection to Soros is not good at all.
They have lost all in my household's vote
As a Cape Town property owner, I strongly opposed the City’s 2025 tariffs: the city-wide cleaning levy, fixed water tariff, and fixed sanitation tariff.
These weren’t based on actual consumption – they were charged according to property value. Purely unfair.
Today, the Western Cape High Court struck them down as unlawful and invalid, ordering the City to remove them by 30 June 2026. The ruling confirms that municipal services must be charged in proportion to actual use, not property valuations.
Municipalities don’t have unlimited power to invent new fixed levies.
I’m relieved the court agreed with SAPOA, CTCRA and AfriForum.
But I’m also angry. This was a DA-led city government pushing these charges. They defended them in court despite the clear legal problems.
This has cost them my vote. After years of supporting the DA, I will not vote for them again. Property owners deserve fair billing, not valuation-based stealth taxes.
The principle is now clear: pay for what you use.
Nothing more.
The City must comply and scrap these unlawful tariffs.
Of course, it is the ratepayer who must now be burdened with paying the legal fees, as the city was hit with a cost order.
Voetsek, @Our_DA Voetsek, @geordinhl
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐤𝐲𝐤𝐍𝐄𝐓 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐛𝐮𝐤𝐰𝐞/𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐚𝐟𝐟-𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭:
I asked whether they have a legal obligation to make the changes, and why it’s still Graaff-Reinet on Ontbytsake. This was the response:
“𝑰 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒂𝒇𝒇-𝑹𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 6 𝑭𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚.
𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏.
𝑩𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔,”
They completely sidestepped both of my questions.
Not good enough for me. And for you?
We must take steps to professionalise the public service at a local level.
Appointments must be made on merit. There must be accountability and transparency.
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"Ramaphosa characterised the body's establishment as the most consequential legacy of SA's 2025 G20 Presidency."
Can't make this up. Not tackling poverty, food insecurity, trade barriers, security & defence... No, it's inequality.
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@MarkSham@WOOLWORTHS_SA Started by a jew, Max Sonnenberg.
Accused of plagiarism and destroying small businesses, baby carriers, Frankie's soft drink, pillow designs.
THIEVES! Footsack! Ethical they are not.
The @WOOLWORTHS_SA and Beyers Chocolates breakdown is another reminder that corporate companies will "protect their business and their growth" at all costs. Any smaller business that forgets is doomed. You can have a 34-year supplier history with a corporate but the moment you stop playing by their rules, they will cut you down to size, even if that means you liquidating your business!
From what has been reported, Beyers had been supplying Woolworths since around 1990 and at one point Woolworths made up roughly half their business. That kind of relationship could fool you into feeling secure when you’re in it. It "feels" like there’s history and trust which is already the first warning sign in this story.
Apparently Beyers acquired a second factory which was already supplying Checkers and Pick 'n Pay. According to Beyers, this was a way to increase volumes, support mechanisation, diversify the business, and reduce their dependence on Woolworths, especially because Woolworths had already started bringing in other chocolate brands years earlier.
Woolworths apparently found out about the second factory and took issue with it. The dispute centred on exclusivity. According to Kees Beyers, Woolworths wanted the second factory closed but Beyers refused.
From a business owner’s point of view, I understand why. Beyers had reportedly invested around R200 million and had roughly 75 employees at that second site. You don’t just switch that off because a major client is uncomfortable with you diversifying.
Then came the hammer as Woolworths reduced its orders. First by around R100 million and then by another R100 million a few months later.
When one customer carries that much weight in your business, they don’t have to “kill” you in some dramatic movie villain way. They just have to reduce orders and suddenly cash flow gets squeezed, your bank gets nervous, your options disappear, and the thing you spent decades building can start falling apart in real time.
The exclusivity issue itself is still disputed. Beyers says the exclusivity agreement expired in 2019. Woolworths apparently says it rolled over automatically. Woolworths has also said it cannot comment on the details of the relationship because of confidentiality 🤣
I want to personally remind you. Corporate companies are not people. They don’t operate on loyalty, memory, history, or sentiment in the way small business owners often do. They operate through systems, contracts, leverage, risk management and self preservation.
If you build your business around one massive corporate client, and that client decides you’ve stepped outside the lines, they will likely not sit down and ask how this affects your people, your factory, your investment, or your future.
If you take ANYTHING from this post, it's an understanding of WHAT (not who) you’re dealing with. Never forget this and play the game accordingly 🤓
@geordinhl@CityofCT Stop building empty bus lanes while residents who pay rates sit in hours long traffic next to empty lanes, then you want to charge them a congestion tax, stop the incessant road painting, cut the excesses including useless surveillance cameras while crime is just getting worse.😡
It remains my firm belief that Cape Town only works when it works for everyone. Our goal will always be to invest in the infrastructure that makes our city functional, and delivers more dignity to more people.
Cross-subsidising – where the better off among us help to fund services for the less fortunate – is the most equitable and sustainable way to ensure a working city of hope for all.
The ruling does not change the current 2025/26 tariff structure and budget which remain lawful and applicable until 30 June 2026.
Lekker slaat daai blinde samBokwana nuh @geordinhl ?
Julle geleerde finansiële komitee behoort persoonlik die hofkostes uit JULLE sakke te betaal. @CityofCT Sies. @our_da Wat se gemors? PAY THE COSTS YOURSELF!
@mybroadband This follows the government's achievement to limit the citizens' conventional currency already, never mind "a certain amount" 🐸😂 These guys are deluded.
National Treasury has proposed giving itself the power to expropriate people's crypto assets should they hold more than a certain amount. mybroadband.co.za/news/cryptocur…
@IanCameron23 So @ShobaKaizer exactly when did your "ubuntu" subscription expire? This is hardly a polite way to speak to a fellow citizen passionate about our safety. 🤣😂🐸
South Africans now face the extraordinary reality that the Minister of Police, the National Commissioner, and a Deputy National Commissioner have all been suspended or placed on leave.
This suspension is necessary and welcome; but it does lay bare the deeply alarming state of SAPS senior management.
Time for a proper clean out!
In South Africa 🇿🇦, SA Deputy Justice Minister Andries Nel calls for defending South Africa’s sovereignty against domestic and external forces opposing legal sector transformation.
He rejects “white genocide” claims as false narratives pushed to distort SA’s democratic progress.
Amid growing US pressure, this reflects ongoing patterns of global influence and modern imperialism.
South Africa’s future must be shaped by its people, not external agendas.
I really don’t like this “Black People build your own” story.
Houghton is a piece of land in Africa, South Africa.
No one brought it on a boat. It is ours.
@Zwelinzima1 The reply suggests applying the video's analytical approach—potentially contextualizing or emphasizing certain atrocities—to the far larger death tolls under Stalin (estimated 20+ million) and Mao (estimated 40-80 million from famines, purges, and policies).
When we talk about gang violence in South Africa, no-one cares.
When we talk about farm murders in South Africa, people say: "Why don't you ever talk about gang violence!"