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Last chance for Capetonians to comment on City’s water meter proposals Share Cape Town - The City has reminded residents that there is less than a week left for comments on its budget proposal regarding a revised approach to domestic water metering as part of the comment period on the City of Cape Town’s draft Budget (2021/22). To encourage customers to take responsibility for their water usage, the City proposes that from July 2021 it will install no more new water management device meters (WMDs), and that WMDs currently in service be replaced by conventional meters with the lates...

City of Cape Town ditching water meter devices By Mthuthuzeli Ntseku Share Cape Town - The City’s phasing out of water meter devices (WMDs) was long overdue and an admission of a failed strategy it pursued for 15 years, lobby group STOP COCT has said. The group was commenting on the City’s proposed draft budget for the 2021/22 financial year that has been tabled for public participation.The City has extended the comment period to May 3. The City’s Water and Sanitation Department proposed that from July the City will not install WMDs, and that those currently in service will be ...

Image: iStock A dispute between three board members about grant money and donations worth over a million rands led to the fall of a South African public participation platform. On Monday, the face of the company, managing director Rob Hutchinson of DearSA, was removed by his two non-executive board members, Sandra Dickson and Ted Blom, following fraud claims. This week, Blom and Dickson said in a joint statement all DearSA campaigns were under scrutiny. They have also dissociated themselves from any fundraising efforts. Blom ...

DearSA removes director Rob Hutchinson over alleged financial irregularities By Lisa Isaacs Share Cape Town – The battle for control over popular public participation platform DearSA rages on, with the campaign’s board resolving to remove Rob Hutchinson as a director, alleging financial irregularities. In a statement this week, directors Sandra Dickson, Ted Blom and Mike Heyns said they had with immediate effect dissociated themselves from any activity by Hutchinson on behalf of the non-profit company (NPC) as well as the dearsouthafrica.co.za website. “This is a direct result ...

Sandra Dickson The latest move comes after allegations surfaced that founder Rob Hutchinson had misused donations meant for Dear South Africa. It recently emerged that grant money totalling more than R847 000 was received from a UK-based donor, called Indigo Trust.  Hutchinson said the dispute among the directors was the result of "greed". Internal squabbles among directors of public participation group Dear South Africa have reached a new low, with a resolution to remove founder Rob Hutchinson with immediate effect. The resolution was made by current directors Sandra Dic...