Msunduzi Municipality residents upset as objections to tariff increases âignoredâ
By Thami Magubane
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DURBAN - THE Msunduzi Municipality has been accused of treating its ratepayers with disdain by âignoringâ their objections to the proposed tariff increases.
The councillors recently held a workshop to discuss, among many other issues, the tariff increases.
An opposition councillor said the manner in which the objections were treated was an insult to ratepayers.
The municipality has received close to 4 000 written objections to the proposed increases. It wants to increase its tariffs by 5.35%; water and electricity are expected to increase by more as those tariffs are determined by outside factors. âThe manner in which the objections were treated was an insult. We received thousands of objections and we only spent a few minutes going through them, we did not take them seriously â¦â said the councillor.