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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
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 🤷🏽♀️
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 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.
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..
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.
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.
Not in the Western Cape. Never had my water off for a full day. They are spending millions, at this moment, to better our water system. Very happy with DA.
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!
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.
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
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.
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
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!
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.
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.
@@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?
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
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
@@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
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.
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.
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
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!!
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 😢
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
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!!
Here you have average citizens talk in detail of how it works But "Qualified officials" don't have the same skill or knowledge to perform their duties ? BEE works great !
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....)
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!!
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Can we get tax shedding & gov employee salary shedding?
That's will be better as well if it was possible
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
I watched an interview with Moeketsi Mbeki who said 55 000 civil servants are paid R1m per year...that is over R27bn every month!
😂😂that would be the happiest day of the year......each month end.
Not after we have voter shedding.. Just you wait its going to turn into something never seen, be prepared
Man the ANC is a huge mess. Time to get these idiots out, we are suffering now due to these incompetent idiots
Problem is you have 80% of ANC voters - too THICK to make the change.
Correction EVERYBODY in parly...period
Elections have consequences!
All while they are living lavish lives
I LOVE how Carte Blanche strategically shines light on all of these issues before the national election. Well done!
The problem is that the people who need to know all these things probably don't watch Carte Blanche.
It is highly unlikely that anyone who is informed enough to actually watch Carte Blanche is actually an ANC voter.
💯
@@thamsanqasofika3432 100%
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 🤷🏽♀️
Proudly brought to you by the ANC !
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
What’s the point of having a pool in the Netherlands if you can only use it for 5 days a year
@@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.
The ANC really took South Africa backwards😭
What are you complaining about if you always have water....as a Privileged White Domkop ????
Every year the country moves downslope in a freestyle.
Was it ever somewhere forward?
Even 65 years back, we had water and electricity without disruption. In certain areas, water could be fetched on road sides free of charge.
@@johannakbnyembe5057 apologists and whataboutism will take us all back to nowhere.
When a top government official rates their service as an eight, it clearly shows how much they think they are doing us a favor.
I think they are using 1000 as the denominator....
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.
Anc rating themselves on service delivery is the same as you doing the roadworthy test on your own broken vehicle.
You get what you vote for
Incompetent arrogant useless people 😮wat a mess s.a. is in
You sure? I feel like the vote is rigged. Everyone I talk to hates our current government makes me wonder
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..
We need to vote for a chance for a better south africa
Please close your water meter at the shut off valve every time the water shedding occurs to stop the air from spinning your meter.
👍🏼
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
@@AWAX069 no lies.. the whole hood has to play the game
When will we have ANC shedding?
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.
We must remove ramaphosa from power
Man, we are such a dysfunctional society...
World class African City / Country... what a joke!! This rot is only going to get worse unfortunately.
Same issue even here in polokwane. Bill never goes down even though there is no water.
ANC bravo this is another achievement of yours.
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.
Vote the ANC out. The only way to save our country
Our country is falling apart.
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.
Thanks ANC 👍🏻
Can JHB Water get the ANC VVIP BLUE LIGHT budget to service us tax payers?!?!?
No electricity, no water.. next is sewages flowing everywhere just like how it started in zimbabwe 😢
What a mess!
Don't forget to vote ANC so you can get your streetwise 2 and t-shirt!
Vote ANC out! You have a chance this May 2024 to change the course of South Africa for future generations.
Proudly brought to you by the majority of the SA electorate. With great power comes great responsibility 👍🏻
Spiderman 😅
A World Class African City they say.
Given to the ANC government in 1994. A world class city with world class infastructure after 1994.
thats not your problem
@@chrisbennett6260 jokeman.
this is country wide, ironicaly we had no water in our taps yesterday while knysna flooded!
Not in the Western Cape. Never had my water off for a full day. They are spending millions, at this moment, to better our water system. Very happy with DA.
Incompetence and corruption is what brought us here.
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!
Keep voting for the comrades. You deserve what you get.
Can they SHED the ANC , EFF
Viva ANC, and their voters.
Amazing what has happened to this country in 30 years.
Stop paying rates and taxes
Same issue in other part of KZN
✓ Margate
✓Gamalakhe
Lower South Coast has these issues it a nightmare 😢😢
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.
😢
😢
same here, 160k
But how do they "lose" a meter?
The same old problem in RSA; far too many people crying for "jobs" but have no intention of doing any work.
The water shedding is prevalent in the North of Durban. People were without water for 5 days. The country is in absolute shambles
Its all over kzn.
Some schools have to close due to no water.
well change the goverment
Stop paying Tax. They broke the contract. We pay Tax... they give us Water; electricity and working roads... We give them Tax.
Contract broken
If only it was as easy as that!
Thanks for bringing this to light. We need change ASAP in SA. No Accountability from the bodies in charge as per usual.
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
Thank You ANC for completely F@#king this Country UP 👌👌👌
So glad I live in Cape Town.
This is what happens when you vote ANC for a few decades.
continue voting for the anc and eff
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.
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
Yet somewhere somehow ANC will win... need to vote IEC out🚮
Even if they are out-voted at the polls, the ANC will rig the result - just like Biden did to Trump.
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
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!
Our country is in a sad state. This in one of many problems facing communities everywhere
Wow....similar problems every where across Africa!
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.
Court
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.
Tough times for South Africans
Everything shedding 😮
Cadre deployment at it's best.
Thank you very
Not only Jburg, the whole of KZN. Day after day, week after week. From south coast to the north coast
its time to hold the government accountable
We have the same problem in Kimberley.
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.
Remember this when you go to vote.
Well Done ANC!
Carte Blanche should come and investigate our Govan Mbeki Municipality and their account with Rand Water.
My is guy is confident that he would get an 8 out of 10😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂 delusion at its finest
Time to vote for the official opposition party and rescue SA💙
@@thabisomngadi366 they are communists who will turn SA into Zimbabwe 2.0
@@thabisomngadi366 EFF are worse than ANC.
Shut up already. Same statement everyday . nothing gonna happen. Let’s get these tenders baby 🤑
@@iwillcritiqueyou22Multi-party Charter have a real shot at success
@@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?
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
They stole the money don't blame it on the past ...................
Watching this today in Ferndale, Randburg and there's no water..repairs 🙄
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
They don't care. We must pay or get switched off.
Who in their right mind would move to Joburg /Gauteng
Move to the Western Cape
exactly
@@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
Just make sure you have a bore whole and filter.
I feel very privileged to be living & playing in Cape Town ,Joburg has lost its spark
we are running out of road without potholes
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.
Shocking
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.
We have only a little water in the morning and at night. No water during the day in Phalaborwa. Nobody knows why
Because of the ANC alot of people leaving South Africa...the country is becoming a joke really
Our country is now in the sewer phase
Municipal leaders giving freinds and family, contracts then sharing the money and not doing the jobs .
52days no water?! Jesus
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
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!!
nothing seems to be working any more
This government is pathetic....bunch of daylight robbers....
The reality of using a million litres of water your whole block would be floating esp if it was a water leak.
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 😢
You get what you vote for, and what you vote for says a lot about you.
And all the years Jhb was the place to be. Look now. Sheer incompetence.
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.
"This is the community swimming, as you can see" 😂😂😂😂😂😂 7:26
"Let's give ourselves AT LEAST between 7 and 8" 😂😂😂😂😂
Ladysmith kzn....same story for years.....tragic
So if there is a fire, the fire department will not be able to help?
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
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!!
Here you have average citizens talk in detail of how it works
But "Qualified officials" don't have the same skill or knowledge to perform their duties ?
BEE works great !
🤣😅🤣😂😂 I speak for the politicians when I say, at least there is air in the pipes 😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂true, but for how long
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....)
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!!
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…….
Get prepared meter