MAYOR ENGAGES PROTESTERS
Mossel Bay's Executive Mayor, Councilor Harry Levendal, met with a representative group of the protesters who burned tires in the town early this morning to determine what gave rise to the incident.
The Mayor was accompanied by the ward councilor for the area, Councillor Welcome Buda, the acting Municipal Manager, Dick Naidoo, and the Manager; Housing.
In short, the following complaints were put forward as the main reasons for the unhappiness that led to the protest action;
• Electrification of informal housing,
• Tariffs for electricity and water that allegedly are unaffordable,
• The insistence that all accrued municipal debt be written off.
The protesters were informed about the need to register as poor or indigent residents to qualify for discounted service tariffs - a process that applies to all residents in the greater Mossel Bay. The protesters were asked to contact their local ward councilor, Councillor Buda, to facilitate the indigent application process.
Furthermore, the pro
