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[@RhythmAndRibs]

Can we get tax shedding & gov employee salary shedding?

[@Stolojijim]

That's will be better as well if it was possible

[@garethmckerrell6888]

If people do not vote this incapable government out now, we can kiss SA goodbye. Everything people have said will happen over the last 16 years is now happening

[@maggie81180]

I watched an interview with Moeketsi Mbeki who said 55 000 civil servants are paid R1m per year...that is over R27bn every month!

[@ricardocarvalho1290]

😂😂that would be the happiest day of the year......each month end.

[@Amviosify]

Not after we have voter shedding.. Just you wait its going to turn into something never seen, be prepared

[@clivegameinnmg7055]

Man the ANC is a huge mess. Time to get these idiots out, we are suffering now due to these incompetent idiots

[@InstigatorDJ]

Problem is you have 80% of ANC voters - too THICK to make the change.

[@Nacifra7]

Correction EVERYBODY in parly...period

[@Steinie]

Elections have consequences!

[@bantu6855]

All while they are living lavish lives

[@brianbeyers6763]

I LOVE how Carte Blanche strategically shines light on all of these issues before the national election. Well done!

[@thamsanqasofika3432]

The problem is that the people who need to know all these things probably don't watch Carte Blanche.

[@thamsanqasofika3432]

It is highly unlikely that anyone who is informed enough to actually watch Carte Blanche is actually an ANC voter.

[@koketjokgomo]

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[@travismailsa1]

@@thamsanqasofika3432 100%

[@simonenaicker9832]

Yes since young also been a very helpful informative show🙏🏼unfortunately now I'm a nurse when we talk and discuss the show some people never heard of it 🙄yet they know when the next anc party is 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@s27448632]

Small story: I moved to the Netherlands a few years ago.One month, I bought a above ground swimming pool, I set it up and filled it up with 40k liters. The next day, I received a letter in the post (Yes the postal service here is excellent), requesting for me to confirm why there was sudden jump in the water usage and for me to send a photograph of my meter. The water company was concerned that there was a leak, incorrect meter reading from their side, or some other problem. That is the difference between a 1st world country and africa

[@yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202]

What’s the point of having a pool in the Netherlands if you can only use it for 5 days a year

[@MzVixen05]

@@yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202 They can look at it being completely filled up from inside their home with every light and appliance on for the remaining 360 days if they wish.

[@sihlephiri908]

When a top government official rates their service as an eight, it clearly shows how much they think they are doing us a favor.

[@daw60-gx3fo]

I think they are using 1000 as the denominator....

[@TempleBikes]

It's a 8 at their house, the one we're paying for, that's what that fat cat was talking about while the elderly dehydrate.

[@dk.650]

Anc rating themselves on service delivery is the same as you doing the roadworthy test on your own broken vehicle.

[@JustanormalguyinZA]

Proudly brought to you by the ANC !

[@sburger1146]

The ANC really took South Africa backwards😭

[@truth-Hurts375]

What are you complaining about if you always have water....as a Privileged White Domkop ????

[@akoamoseetave3091]

Every year the country moves downslope in a freestyle.

[@johannakbnyembe5057]

Was it ever somewhere forward?

[@ramennaidoo162]

Even 65 years back, we had water and electricity without disruption. In certain areas, water could be fetched on road sides free of charge.

[@di5cr3t3]

@@johannakbnyembe5057 apologists and whataboutism will take us all back to nowhere.

[@RG-jr8ym]

Exact same problem here in Durban, we getting less water and electricity but the bill is gone so high and no one can explain this. I'm a pensioner and all this brings so much stress as we cannot afford these new bills....no one in the metro offices are helpful, all they say is pay your bill..

[@RangerLEE909]

Please close your water meter at the shut off valve every time the water shedding occurs to stop the air from spinning your meter.

[@Papito_ZA]

👍🏼

[@AWAX069]

That won't work. As the air is still trapped on the system. You will have to wait until the air is removed from the system

[@Reeseseses]

@@AWAX069 no lies.. the whole hood has to play the game

[@nadanieuwoudt1638]

When will we have ANC shedding?

[@annieknowles-huth4978]

Similar challenges are being faced by residents in Pinetown, KZN. My mother, a pensioner, living alone, is dealing with water shortages during the day, availability only between 22h00 & 06h00, and an exorbitant water bill of R80k for the month of Feb. This comes right after addressing a substantial R60k electricity bill, that led her to switch to prepaid electricity in Oct last year.

[@AdamKipling-vc1oh]

We must remove ramaphosa from power

[@VikingRaidersGaming]

You get what you vote for

[@colleengreenthompson6095]

Incompetent arrogant useless people 😮wat a mess s.a. is in

[@ReachGaming]

You sure? I feel like the vote is rigged. Everyone I talk to hates our current government makes me wonder

[@Mr_Shooby]

We need to vote for a chance for a better south africa

[@arthurthorne3664]

World class African City / Country... what a joke!! This rot is only going to get worse unfortunately.

[@KandaEzana]

Man, we are such a dysfunctional society...

[@leandavermeulen3458]

Vote the ANC out. The only way to save our country

[@laughter1630]

Same issue even here in polokwane. Bill never goes down even though there is no water.

[@Naidy11]

A World Class African City they say.

[@akoamoseetave3091]

Given to the ANC government in 1994. A world class city with world class infastructure after 1994.

[@chrisbennett6260]

thats not your problem

[@Naidy11]

@@chrisbennett6260 jokeman.

[@dephine8815]

No electricity, no water.. next is sewages flowing everywhere just like how it started in zimbabwe 😢

[@stoepie1015]

Our country is falling apart.

[@MrTigga2008]

u mean " has fallen apart" . Dont kid yourself - if you dont have a dollar based salary or a foreign passport you are becoming poor and worthless in this country.

[@JonathanBydendyk]

Same issues in Ekurhuleni, forced to close the mains and only fill the Jojo when there is supply, else I'm paying for very expensive air.

[@markhenderson7795]

Can JHB Water get the ANC VVIP BLUE LIGHT budget to service us tax payers?!?!?

[@sompisiphinda1417]

Incompetence and corruption is what brought us here.

[@EverythingTrains95]

seems like this is a nationwide problem.... Northern Cape has been struggling with water for months! warrenton in the Northern Cape a small town outside kimberley has been struggling with this issue for years now, kimberley is also getting water shedding since mid last year!

[@potatoCurry21]

Can they SHED the ANC , EFF

[@galgamekthegreatlord4823]

Don't forget to vote ANC so you can get your streetwise 2 and t-shirt!

[@ozzi4627]

I live in Cape Town(northern suburbs of the Cape Flats)...looking at this makes the City of Cape Town look like superheros...we dont have these issues and complaints are usually dealth with promptly(suspected a leak at our meter and they came to check the next day). Issues with high bills you go to the office and either negotiate to oay if off or have it written off if itsbthe fault of the City.

[@mandlas.4305]

Vote ANC out! You have a chance this May 2024 to change the course of South Africa for future generations.

[@mirishinschutte3470]

Stop paying Tax. They broke the contract. We pay Tax... they give us Water; electricity and working roads... We give them Tax. Contract broken

[@CharlieC738]

If only it was as easy as that!

[@adrianolszewski231]

ANC bravo this is another achievement of yours.

[@mphochrist3789]

My bill is sitting on 300k for one month in 2022 and they said that the meter broke and it was tested only for them to say they lost the meter, so now im stuck with a large bill and no help with Joburg water.

[@missn2021]

😢

[@thandi3775]

😢

[@blakebotha9697]

same here, 160k

[@vallivergano239]

But how do they "lose" a meter?

[@chicagogyrl4846]

@@mphochrist3789 Can you tell me what the “k” means? Does it mean thousand?

[@Stolojijim]

Same issue in other part of KZN ✓ Margate ✓Gamalakhe Lower South Coast has these issues it a nightmare 😢😢

[@ramennaidoo162]

The water shedding is prevalent in the North of Durban. People were without water for 5 days. The country is in absolute shambles

[@arlenespencer3861]

Its all over kzn. Some schools have to close due to no water.

[@chrisbennett6260]

well change the goverment

[@marylambrechts9894]

Stop paying rates and taxes

[@garyschei]

The same old problem in RSA; far too many people crying for "jobs" but have no intention of doing any work.

[@donovanluck453]

Amazing what has happened to this country in 30 years.

[@Edog119]

Thanks ANC 👍🏻

[@AlbertCloete]

So glad I live in Cape Town. This is what happens when you vote ANC for a few decades.

[@kelvinnaidu6329]

Thank You ANC for completely F@#king this Country UP 👌👌👌

[@simonenaicker9832]

Hard having weeks old babies without water 😢electricity can manage but water is essential, once developed country now turned rural filling in buckets and containers ,whilst paying an arm and leg for NOTHING

[@helenduplessis4166]

What a mess!

[@wvbosch]

Proudly brought to you by the majority of the SA electorate. With great power comes great responsibility 👍🏻

[@thisisntokozo]

Spiderman 😅

[@stuartlane7107]

I had a R52K bill from COJ shortly after a repair in my neighbourhood. They claimed I had used 1 million litres of water. Unfortunately, there is no one you can speak to at the Randburg office. Their technical person I requested to speak to was the security lady at the entrance. I informed them of the air in the pipes and they laughed me off. So, if anyone from COJ is watching this, please inform me where I go to get compensated for my R52k. It's time to get rid of the incompetent COJ and Johannesburg/Rand water employees.

[@vallivergano239]

Court

[@JohannY3]

Viva ANC, and their voters.

[@MvR640]

Not only Jburg, the whole of KZN. Day after day, week after week. From south coast to the north coast

[@jacovanderberg2622]

It's not just in joburg, also in Pretoria. My water meter pick up over 500 liters in a day, and we have a bore hole.

[@mass2048]

Thanks for bringing this to light. We need change ASAP in SA. No Accountability from the bodies in charge as per usual.

[@annatjiekruger77]

But if they repair the breakage immediately then only will water be save and people will only be without water for a few hours. The residents must go to the voting poles on May 29, and vote the ANC out! If the ANC running Johannesburg on the 30th of May, the residents will only have themselves to blame!

[@bartmulderij8884]

Municipal leaders giving freinds and family, contracts then sharing the money and not doing the jobs .

[@the_antiquark]

Time to vote for the official opposition party and rescue SA💙

[@the_antiquark]

@@thabisomngadi366 they are communists who will turn SA into Zimbabwe 2.0

[@the_antiquark]

@@thabisomngadi366 EFF are worse than ANC.

[@iwillcritiqueyou22]

Shut up already. Same statement everyday . nothing gonna happen. Let’s get these tenders baby 🤑

[@the_antiquark]

​@@iwillcritiqueyou22Multi-party Charter have a real shot at success

[@PM-xm5ew]

@@thabisomngadi366 Equality... bafo dont play games. We need water, electricity, sewerage plants, jobs and education. Vote EFF and we will have equality, equally no water, no food, no jobs, nothing together... ne?

[@mzamomkhize8010]

Tough times for South Africans

[@GidaCostaeSilva]

I wish they could have a serious look at Emalahleni. From December to date I estimate we have had a total of 20 days water. Average outages ranges from 5 days to two weeks.

[@nadirnikakhtar1129]

I have been investing the above for years, but in botswana. Airlock has been an issue around the world for many years. Air billing needs air eliminators before ever meter. The water service provider always denies air billing, always, its their mandate. Its hard to get video or digital evidence of air billing unless there is a long interruption in water service to allow for air buildup. However air still passes the meter regardless but in smaller quanities as it is shared along the line of meters in the cuirt

[@warrenmckay9826]

We had the same issue in Bryanston in 2022 and 2023. Joburg water rejected our claim of air spinning the meter. My take is that they cant go without the free revenue. a single outage costs us ~R7k. Now we shutoff the valves ever time there is an outage.

[@MagicMan0027]

Same happening in my town, Heidelberg, Gauteng. We have no water but are still billed for water usage. Municipality is just clueless.Last year we had no water for about 70 days. Now it was 3 weeks.

[@CharlieC738]

Our country is in a sad state. This in one of many problems facing communities everywhere

[@PappaLan]

Cadre deployment at it's best.

[@WEBMAROELA]

We have only a little water in the morning and at night. No water during the day in Phalaborwa. Nobody knows why

[@sachinnaicker9395]

The same thing is happening here in durban Queensburgh ( Malvern ) Area last month we had no water for 1 week but when the water bill came at the end of the month it was double what we normally pay . We have contacted the municipality and asked them about this then they tell us that we probably have a water leak somewhere so we tell them how do we have a water leak when there is no water coming out the taps it does not make sense for the bill to come double what we normally pay

[@Mantaray911]

Same thing has been happening in PE for past 3 years. Conclusion is that the municipality KNOWS ABOUT IT and uses this 'air billing' as a way to inflate their billing and revenue. Genius little trick!!

[@msizinkosi3481]

What a funny coicidence, this popped up on my YT feed on tge very same day we woke up without water in my area (05 March 2024), apparently the Eikenhof pump station has a "disruption". I'm at work as i speak and i couldn't take a proper shower before coming here 😢. Hopefully water will be restored by the time i return home

[@Bluecollarjoe6B9]

Remember this when you go to vote.

[@2melo194]

Yet somewhere somehow ANC will win... need to vote IEC out🚮

[@a95569]

Even if they are out-voted at the polls, the ANC will rig the result - just like Biden did to Trump.

[@yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202]

Why IEC? They’re the sole organisation ensuring our elections are fair. Yes it’s hard to believe ANC still wins but they do due to a large portion of our population being uneducated and not knowing any better

[@LumberjackDE]

Our country is now in the sewer phase

[@technomad9071]

its time to hold the government accountable

[@Luba_Dyasi]

I feel very privileged to be living & playing in Cape Town ,Joburg has lost its spark

[@charlesvoster3540]

Because of the ANC alot of people leaving South Africa...the country is becoming a joke really

[@karuri-xz1um]

I know a friend who end up selling his house due to this high bill. The answer he was getting is maybe leaking. And he moved to Canada .if those who can afford are running away 😢

[@mohammedkarrim4025]

Funny that Lenasia South was not included in this video. The area has been experiencing water shedding twice a day, daily for 7 years straight. Our bill was -R300, then R9000 the following month, R112000 by the end of that year, R230000 by the end of the following year. Municipality said we have to pay it, was around 2013. I'm sure it's way past a million now. We stopped bothering with it. Can't win

[@dorothyzijlstra5626]

Maybe more people from that area need to contact Carte Blach . The more complaints the bigger reason they have to go and investigate.

[@mohammedkarrim4025]

@dorothyzijlstra5626 There was an article done by Daily Maverick in 2022 in which they mention the new reservoir built. Initially the issue was deemed as capacity related and a new reservoir was built. The new reservoir has been standing empty since completion a few years ago, yet JW used its completion for so much positive publicity. They even had a major launch event with JHB Mayor and other dignitaries in attendance. All of that for nothing though. The community has had to adjust their lives around the water shedding and its now basically a part of life.

[@dorothyzijlstra5626]

@@mohammedkarrim4025 That is just heartbreaking, these people know exactly how to “ start a project for public displays “ I saw on one of these videos it’s taken almost 10 years to finish the waterline with I think Lesotho , that’s just their ways of pocketing money . Here In Vereeniging when Covid hit ‘ somebody got a tender to build a covid hospital separately from the other hospital 🏥. It skeleton is standing there in the weeds and grass , who got that money ..? It’s really time they change these tender contracts to how it is supposed to be done.

[@LeandriSwanepoel]

We have the same problem in Kimberley.

[@derekvanturha9379]

The only surprise is, I expected this to occur sooner. Fire-pool people in control 🤷🏽‍♂️. I feel terrible for you guys up north...stay strong

[@joeledwards6587]

This problem is not unique to JHB, the exact same thing all over KZN! Many areas going without water for days/weeks/months on end, and with the same billing issues associated

[@Mantaray911]

Same thing has been happening in PE for past 3 years. Conclusion is that the municipality KNOWS ABOUT IT and uses this 'air billing' as a way to inflate their billing and revenue. Genius little trick!!

[@ianduplessis7892]

Keep voting for the comrades. You deserve what you get.

[@hassanmakame]

Wow....similar problems every where across Africa!

[@Buttercup_ZA]

Who in their right mind would move to Joburg /Gauteng

[@eldredbutler7851]

Move to the Western Cape

[@richman604]

exactly

[@Buttercup_ZA]

@@eldredbutler7851 noooo, they should stay there and fix their province. Vote for the party thats willing to fix the mess of the ANC. Moving to the western cape won't solve the issue

[@Bee-dp3st]

Just make sure you have a bore whole and filter.

[@mandlas.4305]

My is guy is confident that he would get an 8 out of 10😂😂😂

[@reganblows6952]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 delusion at its finest

[@GertvandenBerg]

Air valves seems to exist as well, which automatically lets air out of the system... Adding those in strategic places might help the problem (but reduce revenue....)

[@Mantaray911]

Same thing has been happening in PE for past 3 years. Conclusion is that the municipality KNOWS ABOUT IT and uses this 'air billing' as a way to inflate their billing and revenue. Genius little trick!!

[@philnape4788]

🤣😅🤣😂😂 I speak for the politicians when I say, at least there is air in the pipes 😂😂😂😂

[@nomvulamalaza3990]

😂😂😂true, but for how long

[@Runievibes]

This is happening in Phoenix and other areas Durban as well we get limited water supply but the water bill is exorbitant. The water comes by 4 am or even later then closes by 3:pm or even in the morning. Also, some days we don't get water at all.😢

[@Mantaray911]

Same thing has been happening in PE for past 3 years. Conclusion is that the municipality KNOWS ABOUT IT and uses this 'air billing' as a way to inflate their billing and revenue. Genius little trick!!

[@melanienaidoo9358]

Hi. Lenasia South residents have been water shedding for the past 7 years now. from 1pm to 6pm and then again from 9pm to 3am. Our bills are extremely high. We are surely paying for air.

[@lynoconnor9818]

continue voting for the anc and eff

[@hope4animals263]

Not to mention the quality of water coming through. In many areas, water has become un-save to drink, with Cholera and Ecoli, being just a few of the well known problems known to residents, and with an increasing health decline, the failing public healthcare system just adds to the deterioration of residents quality of life ... yet there is no end the construction industry placing more demand and strain on an infrastructure (power and electricity being the two most crippling factors) that can already not handle the load, and is falling to rune due to negligence and none maintenance or upgrades.

[@SheCanSmile]

And all the years Jhb was the place to be. Look now. Sheer incompetence.

[@LukeFerreira-mg3nk]

They stole the money don't blame it on the past ...................

[@TumieT]

"This is the community swimming, as you can see" 😂😂😂😂😂😂 7:26 "Let's give ourselves AT LEAST between 7 and 8" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@koketjokgomo]

Watching this today in Ferndale, Randburg and there's no water..repairs 🙄

[@tonyseptember7091]

Can the ANC give up already please. You are not capable of doing anything right. Look at how they messed up Knysna in 1 and a half years.

[@quintinpetzer1333]

Carte Blanche should come and investigate our Govan Mbeki Municipality and their account with Rand Water.

[@matthewssibiya69]

we are running out of road without potholes

[@rickrisseeuw327]

They don't care. We must pay or get switched off.

[@kimterribergen]

Currently on 6 weeks of no water in Somerset East, EC and same water meter issue with it spinning uncontrollably for air… pumps missing… our municipal water team have no clue what is going on. 😓

[@Mantaray911]

Same thing has been happening in PE for past 3 years. Conclusion is that the municipality KNOWS ABOUT IT and uses this 'air billing' as a way to inflate their billing and revenue. Genius little trick!!

[@adriaansmith1326]

Install a airvalve upstream from the meter and all the air will bleed out of the system before it hits the meter

[@lynettejoubert4291]

This government is pathetic....bunch of daylight robbers....

[@marlizebreytenbach9031]

It is widespread...in my area... Wolmaransstad, Makwassie, Witpoort and Leeudoringstad it is an every day struggle for more than a year now. And nobody listens😡

[@RipSurge]

An important detail missed out is that water empties out of houses in high level areas when there is no water overnight, then when water comes back in the morning, all the air in the pipes is pushed up from lower lying areas to higher level houses. If a toilet is flushed the night before, it means billable air surges in for ages at an alarmingly expensive rate until the cistern fills with actual water. Another factor missed, is having to run taps for 10 mins daily to get air out before having a shower is even possible, which is also billed. I've suffered the same issues at both my old and current houses.

[@Mantaray911]

Same thing has been happening in PE for past 3 years. Conclusion is that the municipality KNOWS ABOUT IT and uses this 'air billing' as a way to inflate their billing and revenue. Genius little trick!!

[@sandiletshaka9251]

52days no water?! Jesus

[@jacquesvantonder688]

Ramsgate has been without water for longer than 52 days at times with no water truck relief. so its happening all over. JoBurg people are lucky they have help.

[@SigmaZer0]

You get what you vote for, and what you vote for says a lot about you.

[@franklynmaphutha8773]

I had the same problem these year after they fix the pipes my bill escalated from 1800 to 7000 and i have been told there i must check for water leak.

[@motmot5595]

I have a solar system and is off grid. The last three months city of tswane is billing me a “SOLAR FARM TAX” of 4800 Rands per months…….

[@LjPrediction]

Get prepared meter