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Buffalo City has backed down in the battle of the tanks. On Monday, the metro announced that privately owned water tanks would be free from taxation. Buffalo City Metro, responding to a local and national outcry over its apparent attempt to force homeowners to register their private tanks, springs and boreholes and possibly apply a levy, has backed down. ....
Ratepayers challenge Buffalo City Metro s infuriating readings and billings By Bhongo Jacob - 29 April 2021 Buffalo City residents are unhappy about he metro s billing system. Image: FILE Residents of tottering Buffalo City Metro say they are still beating against a wall of official indifference over irrational billing. A wave of legal resistance is growing with ratepayers associations across the city coming together to take BCM to court, according to Gonubie Ratepayers Association chair Henry Smith. Gonubie residents have taken to social media to claim that not only are their water readings disturbingly inaccurate, but in some instances, BCM is demanding payments for water readings on both old and new meters at the same property, in the same month. ....
Police are in a life-and-death battle against criminal syndicates in Buffalo City, which is experiencing the highest number of house break-ins in the province. Eastern Cape transport, safety and liaison MEC Weziwe Tikana-Gxothiwe said this while releasing the third-quarter provincial crime statistics on Friday. ....