{"id":127348,"date":"2016-07-11T08:58:22","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T06:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=127348"},"modified":"2016-07-11T09:50:10","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T07:50:10","slug":"have-your-say-on-this-weeks-hot-facebook-topic-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/07\/11\/have-your-say-on-this-weeks-hot-facebook-topic-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Have your say on this week\u2019s hot Facebook topic"},"content":{"rendered":"

The hot topic of conversation on the Germiston City News Facebook page for the week, July 2 to 8, was:<\/p>\n

Residents will be paying more for municipal services: http:\/\/bit.ly\/29tr9sl <\/a><\/p>

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Municipal tariff increases came into effect on July 1, as this marked the beginning of the municipal financial year. Ekurhuleni\u2019s assessment rates have increased by 7.5 per cent, lower than the average rate increase of other metros of 8.1 per cent. Based on Nersa\u2019s approval, the electricity tariff increase is between 7.64 per cent and 9.4 per cent, depending on the consumption level.<\/p>\n

You said:<\/strong><\/p>

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  • \u00a0Zaine Bouwer, \u201cWhy must I pay I don’t need there services I refuse.\u201d<\/li>\n
  • \u00a0Bernadine Jacobsz, \u201cWhat service? We don\u2019t have any service so I don\u2019t know why we need to pay anything at all.\u201d<\/li>\n
  • \u00a0Luzaane Lombard, \u201cWhat service? Just look at the pavements, weeds and rubbish all over, repairs started but never finished, bricks and blocks of concrete just left lying around.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>
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