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    A schedule of price increases coming -

    Item Cape Town Johannesburg Durban
    Electricity 13.48% 14.59% 14.59%
    Water 5.0% 6.8% 8.5%
    Refuse removal 3.5% 4.3% 4.9%

    Seems Cape Town is the place to be

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave A View Post
    A schedule of price increases coming -

    Item Cape Town Johannesburg Durban
    Electricity 13.48% 14.59% 14.59%
    Water 5.0% 6.8% 8.5%
    Refuse removal 3.5% 4.3% 4.9%

    Seems Cape Town is the place to be
    Nope

    Check this out

    https://mybroadband.co.za/news/energ...ectricity.html


    Durban the cheapest, East London, us poor things, tops the list.

    Peace out ... Derek.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blurock View Post
    Here is the link, or you can click on "What's New" and look for The Efficient management of water within Estates.

    https://www.theforumsa.co.za/blogs/e...within-Estates
    BCMM installed similar units here in East London about a year ago and still cannot get them to work.
    We are still being billed ludicrous interim amounts.

    As you can see from the manual meter, the total is 10Kl. That's my actual usage for the last 6 months. We use tanks. they replaced the meter 6 months ago.

    Don't know if you know these particular units, but maybe there's a nice contract waiting for you this side.

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    Peace out .. Derek

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    After trying to develop our own AMR & AMI systems for about 4 years, this is the best that I have come across. It actually works and I have installed it at my own place.
    One of our sites reported a massive loss of 75.7% of their bulk water purchased, balanced against recoveries from the total number of units.
    By installing sub-meters to the various blocks, the leak in the feed could be isolated and fixed. If you don't monitor your water, how will you know that you have an underground leak? Also a leaking toilet can cost you a fortune. How many times do you visit your outbuildings or staff toilets?

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    In Cape Town the tariff is R52.05 per Kl if consumption exceeds 35 Kl, so this leak would have cost R23, 079 every Month until fixed!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave A View Post
    A schedule of price increases coming -

    Item Cape Town Johannesburg Durban
    Electricity 13.48% 14.59% 14.59%
    Water 5.0% 6.8% 8.5%
    Refuse removal 3.5% 4.3% 4.9%

    Seems Cape Town is the place to be
    I wonder what the various tariffs are in those different areas to start with - the percentage increases may be misleading given "possible" different current values.

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    Anone know when the councils will be authourised to start cutting servcies for non paying residents? They havent been alowed to cut services since the beginning of lockdown ... just imagine how much money is owning to the councils since March last year.

    I got a R30 K bill from the council in one month (actual ... not estimated)
    Comments are based on opinion...not always facts....that's why people use an alias.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ians View Post
    Anone know when the councils will be authourised to start cutting servcies for non paying residents? They havent been alowed to cut services since the beginning of lockdown ... just imagine how much money is owning to the councils since March last year.

    I got a R30 K bill from the council in one month (actual ... not estimated)
    I think the worst hit is going to be the people who rent properties to non-payers. As far as I know the owners were not allowed to get rid of them yet the owners are still liable for the fees. Of course the same is true for those who own buildings and rent to businesses - the businesse couldn't earn a living yet the owner is still liable. The courts are going to be very very very busy when the lockdown finally ends - If it ever does given the fallout when it does.

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    Quote Originally Posted by adrianh View Post
    I wonder what the various tariffs are in those different areas to start with - the percentage increases may be misleading given "possible" different current values.
    As per Derlyn's link and based on residential tariffs, it looks like Jhb has the best rate for electricity at the moment at R1.98 / KWh, Durban at R2.09 and Cape Town at R2.38 (fine print applies).

    At R2.81 / KWh, East London is getting pillaged
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    Not are we already paying the highest countrywide, Our increases are probably the highest as well.

    Electricity 14.59%
    Water 7.09%
    Refuse removal 8.5%

    These oke's need new Mercs and BMW's again.

    Peace out ... Derek.

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    middle of the year ... loading up for the end of year bonuses
    Comments are based on opinion...not always facts....that's why people use an alias.

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