Please just answer the phones
Over the past few days no one at the Ugu District Municipality even bothered to answer the phone when irate consumers called to find out why there was no water in Uvongo or Shelly Beach.
TAXPAYERS will be interested (or spitting mad) to learn that President Jacob Zuma is among the world’s highest paid leaders. He ranks fourth with a whopping R2,75-million a year. Almost double the salary of Russian president Vladimir Putin according to the CNN Money Survey.
And ratepayers will no doubt be riled to discover that our mayors earn more than some world leaders.
Being in public service is a tough job but when you are being handsomely rewarded you need to take responsibility.
Over the past few days no one at the Ugu District Municipality even bothered to answer the phone when irate consumers called to find out why there was no water in Uvongo or Shelly Beach.
Therefore water consumers and ratepayers can justifiably ask if they are getting a value for money service?
