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    LETTER: I feel obliged to withhold my rates

    Rod AmnerBy Rod AmnerApril 27, 2022Updated:April 27, 2022No Comments1 Min Read
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    Dear Editor

    Astonishment and disbelief barely cover my reaction to the news that legitimately elected councillors can be so easily ousted with no legal process. Social media hardly qualifies as a ‘legal process’.

    For decades I have faithfully paid my rates and taxes to the Makana Municipality on the understanding that our representatives were OUR representatives, legally elected to a public body constituted in law.

    This is apparently no longer the case. Rather than pay to support an illegal organisation, I feel obliged to withhold payment of my rates and redirect them into a holding account until the legally elected representatives of the people are reinstated.

    I trust other dismayed citizens will follow suit.

    Yours faithfully,
    Helen Holleman

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