Billing crisis: Pensioner can't keep head above water

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Billing crisis: Pensioner can't keep head above water eNCA

"It has really stressed me out and it is really overwhelming.”

Sultan said she's had countless meetings with city officials over the years to try and explain that she had tenants in her house.She even installed a device to restrict the water supply. Sultan says she's spent tens of thousands of rand seeking help to resolve the matter and even hired a company to check for leaks.

But despite her pleas to the city, she says bills have continued pouring in along with letters of demand. The only thing the City of Cape Town is saying is that it's aware of the matter and that it has been escalated for urgent attention.* eNCA's Ayesha Ismail reports.

 

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Alot of pensioners are hit with these ridiculous amounts. Something is going on here. I wish we had real journalists to investigate this. This is Really sad.

A lot of people have a problem with the billing system in WC I wish it could be investigated because grandparents also have a problem

Quite convinced Swartland Municipality in the WCape runs a dodgy scheme where (mostly) POC are charged exorbitant amounts for elec & H2O. Last month a pensioner living alone in a small two bed house (no geyser etc) received an account scraping R3k. 😨😠😤😢😭

Surely someone involved in corruption could've done some charity with their undeserved money and assisted this woman 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

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