Slotte sonder sleutels, agterstallige rekeninge, kommunikasieprobleme en vandalisme is maar van die faktore wat gelei het tot \u2019n geskil tussen \u2019n bekende welsynorganisasie en die plaaslike munisipaliteit. <\/p>\n
Chipros, \u2019n organisasie sonder winsbejag wat gele\u00eb is in Riverview, fokus op gemeenskapsontwikkeling en projekte wat inwoners kan bystaan en ophef. <\/p>\n
Die organisasie se voorsitter, Charles Beukes, s\u00ea die Breedevallei-munisipaliteit (BVM) het hierdie welsynorganisasie in \u2019n geweldige skuldlas gedompel weens sy eie pligsversuim en onvermo\u00eb om te kommunikeer.<\/p>\n
Beukes, wat al jare hierdie organisasie bedryf, verduidelik dat die geskil al sedert 2020 kom.<\/p>\n
\u201cEk het elke maand stiptelik die munisipale rekening betaal. \u2019n Rekening wat nooit gestel het dat dit agterstallig was nie. Wat dit erger maak, is die feit dat ons nie toegang tot die elektrisiteitsboks het om self \u2019n lesing te kon neem nie, maar so ook nie eens die munisipaliteit nie \u2013 nadat hulle dit met hul eie slot gesluit het.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beukes voer aan dat die BVM \u2019n slot aan die meterboks geplaas het en hy later verneem het dat die elektriese afdeling nooit \u2019n duplikaatsleutel aan die finansi\u00eble afdeling verskaf het om die lesings te kon neem nie. In 2020 ontvang Beukes toe egter \u2019n skrywe wat stel dat sy rekening met meer as R12 000 agterstallig is.<\/p>\n
\u201cDit maak nie vir my sin nie, want elke maand het ons die rekening betaal \u2013 die rekening soos die munisipaliteit self aan ons verskaf het. Hoe plaas jy dan \u2019n slot aan \u2019n boks en die mense wat dit benodig om hul werk uit te voer, kan nie hul werk doen nie,\u201d vra Beukes.<\/p>\n
N\u00e1 talle klagtes en gesprekke tussen Beukes en die BVM is die slot bloot verwyder, maar die agterstallige rekening het bly staan \u2013 al is daar duidelikheid gegee dat \u2019n geskatte lesing geneem is en volgens Beukes nie alle departemente binne die munisipaliteit die regte sleutels gehad het nie.<\/p>\n
Intussen, nadat die slot verwyder is, het vermoedelik kwaaddoeners gepeuter aan die meterboks en grootskaalse skade aangerig. Skade wat Beukes volgens hom self op sy eie onkoste moes regmaak. Toe Beukes ook eendag by die organisasie opdaag, het hy opgemerk dat een van die drie toegangshekke \u2013 wat aan die organisasie behoort \u2013 met \u2019n munisipale slot gesluit is. Hy voer aan dat hy met meer vrae as antwoorde sit en dat sy een hek steeds deur \u2019n munisipale slot gesluit is.<\/p>\n
\u201cOns loop net konstant in \u2019n muur van geheimhouding vas. Waarom is \u2019n geskatte lesing geneem? Waarom het almal nie sleutels gehad nie? Waarom is ons nou verantwoordelik vir \u2019n agterstallige rekening en hoekom moet ons dan nadat die slot verwyder is pa staan vir die vandale? Hoekom \u2019n slot aan ons eie hek kom sit?\u201d wou Beukes weet.<\/p>\n
\n Standard <\/i>het egter gaan kers opsteek by die kommunikasie\u00adhoof van die BVM, Chad Malgas. Hier is hoe hy die situasie verduidelik.Oor die slotte:<\/b><\/p>\n
Omhulsels word hoofsaaklik toegesluit as gevolg van die risiko van vandalisme. N\u00e1 \u2019n inspeksie in 2020 was dit duidelik dat die meterkas nie in \u2019n goeie toestand was nie en swak onderhou is. Die kli\u00ebnt\/instansie moet daarop let dat die betrokke meterboks die eiendom van die eienaar is; terwyl die meettoestelle binne-in aan die munisipaliteit behoort. <\/p>\n
Om die betrokke munisipale bate te beveilig, is slotte aangebring. Die elektriese dienste-afdeling het in Oktober 2019 \u2019n versoek van die finansi\u00eble dienste-afdeling ontvang om slotte by die perseel te verwyder (een by die syhek-ingang en die ander by die kli\u00ebnt\/instansie se meterkas) om die meterlesers toegang tot die eiendom te gee. Daarna is \u2019n amptenaar gevra om die slot te vervang om veiligheid van die bate te verseker. By ontvangs van \u2019n opvolgbesoek van die finansi\u00eble dienste-afdeling het die elektriese dienste-afdeling egter gemerk dat die taak nie voltooi is nie. Die departement erken dat hierdie gebrek aan toesig moontlik bygedra het tot die ongerief wat die kli\u00ebnt\/instansie ervaar en dra daarom \u2019n opregte verskoning in hierdie verband oor.Oor die agterstallige rekening:<\/b><\/p>\n
Die inkomstedienste-afdeling het die kli\u00ebnt\/instansie egter behoorlik ingelig via \u2019n kennisgewing wat op die munisipale rekening ingesluit is dat die bedrag wat gefaktureer is, geskat word. <\/p>\n
Daarbenewens bly die instansie aanspreeklik om alle verskuldigde bedrae ooreenkomstig met die werklike verbruik te vereffen, tensy die kli\u00ebnt\/instansie van voorneme is om app\u00e8l aan te teken. Oor die vandalisme:<\/b><\/p>\n
Die meterkas bly die eiendom van die instansie, dus sal alle koste verbonde aan die herstel en\/of instandhouding hiervan vir die eienaar se rekening wees. BVM aanvaar slegs aanspreek\u00adlikheid van vandalisme en\/of diefstal wat toegedien is op meettoestelle aangesien dit die munisipaliteit se eiendom is. <\/p>\n
Beukes stel egter dat daar nooit met hom gekommunikeer is om te s\u00ea dat hulle probleme het met toegang tot die terrein of die meterkas nie, hoewel hulle sy kontakbesonderhede het. Hy voel BVM probeer homself verdedig uit \u2019n duidelike onverdedigbare situasie om hul eie nalatigheid en swak kli\u00ebnteskakeling te verskoon.<\/p>\n
\u201cVolgens hul antwoord het die elektriese dienste-afdeling \u2019n sleutel aan finansies gegee om die meter te lees. So watter rede het finansies dan gehad om \u2019n skatting te doen in plaas van die korrekte lesing te gee? Dis mos dan gruwelike pligsversuim waaronder ons as kli\u00ebnt nou ly. En is daar ooit opgetree teen die meterlesers wat hul plig versuim het? Hulle verduidelik nie hoekom hulle in die jaar die slot wat hulle aan die meterkas gesit het, afgehaal het sonder om ons in kennis te stel nie en ons blootstel aan vandalisme waarvoor hulle nie verantwoordelikheid aanvaar nie.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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