A 75-year-old Clairwood woman is a bundle of nerves after receiving a R3million metro bill from the eThekwini Municipality’s revenue department - and a demand to pay it within 14 days. DailyNewsSA
Durban - A 75-year-old Clairwood woman is a bundle of nerves after receiving a R3million metro bill from the eThekwini Municipality’s revenue department - and a demand to pay it within 14 days. The woman, who did not want to be named, lives on a family trust property with her two sisters who are also pensioners.
When she received the bill, which is still in her late father’s name, she immediately went to the Florence Mkhize Building in Anton Lembede Street to have the matter resolved. She was directed to the city’s Water Department offices in Bram Fischer Road. The Clairwood resident said the city had changed the water meter in December last year. Since then they had received a bill of between R1 500 and R1700 a month.“I paid R2 000 this month because I was told to keep on paying my account even though I received the high bill. We are so stressed thinking about this. We have to deal with this and our health ailments. What will happen when officials meet us again? I hope it gets solved. The cost of living is so high,” she said.
The woman’s balance brought forward was R2732.876. She was charged R647 875.83 for May, with interest on arrears amounting to R22 270 and VAT amounting to R97 181.Clairwood and eThekwini PR councillor Sharmaine Sewshanker said it was ridiculous that a utility bill of that amount could be generated without the meter having been read.
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