DEAR Editor,-
Last week’s correspondence between Simon April and Bevis Fairbrother refers. Continuous bad service and incompetence disgusts residents on the South Coast. Does HCM know that many people spoken to since the article appeared feel exactly the same? HCM’s spokesman and his response made them look worse – not better! The entire South Coast salutes those individuals who expose corruption, bad service and incompetence. They are doing right in the eyes of God and who cares how it’s seen?
It’s time to take responsibility, to stop passing blame or covering up with ‘fictitious election sabotage claims’. Especially since it is truth! It is time HCM faces facts – you can’t argue against photos! It’s proof of everything they are being accused of. So the latest from HCM is ‘but we are doing lots right ‘. Is it OK to do 40 percent right and 60 percent wrong, and expect residents to overlook the 60 percent failing? No. South Coast residents will not accept it!
How does HCM explain the state of beach lifesaver facilities? Life-saving services cannot function with dysfunctional equipment. Who will HCM blame? Why do they stop people exposing issues after gaining access to witness the extent of problems? What are they going to do about it? Why have they done nothing before? It’s not the first time it’s been reported? HCM management should be ashamed of themselves.
No, HCM want to charm residents, rather than print an apology for bad service and incompetence. They must make promises and commit to really providing those services that are paid for – And keep those promises.? In our opinion, these issues should be reported to the public protector via a petition from residents! There is already one petition in the making. HCM should have a special task team and budget set aside to deal specifically with issues reported via media and public sources. This team should welcome issues brought to their attention and immediately apply staff and budget to correct issues.? Cover-ups with ‘election sabotage claims’ are nothing short of corrupt.
Don’t accuse those who expose incompetence of trying to ‘stonewall election results’ or ‘having a vendetta against HCM’. It’s time for HCM to pull up their socks! Voters will vote for those who maintain good service all year round, every year, not only during election years! The current level of service stinks.
HCM must get rid of rotten staff, management and officials who don’t care, or have this ‘sense of entitlement’ that seems to have taken hold in government and municipalities and spoil both HCM and the ANC’s names. South Africa is tired of corruption, in-fighting, incompetence and officials lacking skills, lack of services, lack of facilities, lack of maintenance and an unethical sense of entitlement over public resources. We all reap what we sow. People pay for service delivery with rates and taxes and should expect to get what they paid for! It’s not negotiable. Its a legally binding agreement.
Why wait until a few months before election to make changes to complaint-handling? To win votes? It turns the stomach and borders on unethical. We, the public, are not stupid. Many people will not vote ANC any more since catching on to last minute action they take to win votes. HCM must start showing real concern for residents, their needs and do their jobs properly and they will win people over. The audacity of thinking that people cannot see what is really going on is infuriating. Wake up HCM or your power will go to the opposition sooner than you think. Residents have the right to freedom of speech, as stated in the constitution. To speak up like we are doing, to say enough is enough, no more!
SOUTH COAST RESIDENTS
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